RPC VI, 30869 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #5

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 30869 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Apamea
Region Phrygia
City Alia
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Elagabalus (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥ Κ Μ Α(Υ) ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Ἀντωνεῖνος Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐ(ρήλιος) Ἀντωνεῖνος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
Obverse design laureate and cuirassed bust of Caracalla, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΑΛΙΗΝΩΝ
Edition Ἀλιηνῶν Ἀλιηνῶν
Translation of the Alians
Reverse design Hygieia standing right, feeding serpent from patera, facing Asclepius standing left, holding serpent staff
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 8.53 g
Axis 6
Reference vA Phrygien I, 86–9
Specimens 7 (3 in the core collections)
Note See also https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/88892. The portrait looks more like a 'young' Caracalla, but the absence of any coins for Severus, Domna or Geta suggests that it must be Elagabalus.
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1903,0204.44 BMC 7
2 2     L: 1851,0503.351 BMC 8
3 3     P: 265 Wa 5596
4 4     Gorny & Mosch 79, 14 Oct. 1996, lot 408
5 5     ✸ Emporium Hamburg 80, 16 Apr. 2018, lot 600
6 6     Naumann 140, 5 May 2024, lot 406
7 7     Gorny & Mosch EA 271, 29 May 2020, lot 613