RPC VI, 30870 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 30870 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Apamea
Region Phrygia
City Alia
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Elagabalus (Augustus)
Obverse inscription Α Κ Μ ΑΥ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Ἀντωνῖνος Α(ὐτοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐ(ρήλιος) Ἀντωνῖνος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus (?), 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 8.62 g
Axis 6
Reference vA Phrygien I, —
Specimens 2 (0 in the core collections)
Note See also https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/1015.  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     Numismad 9, 8 Sept. 2023, lot 1074
2 2     ✸ SPQR Collection 6, 25–26 Feb. 2025, lot 661