RPC VI, 3090 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 3090 (temporary)
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Nicaea
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Elagabalus (Augustus)
Issue Group 1
Obverse inscription Μ ΑΥΡΗ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ ΑΥΓ
Edition Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρή(λιος) Ἀντωνῖνος Αὔγ(ουστος)
Translation Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus
Obverse design laureate head of Elagabalus (?), right
Reverse inscription ΝΙΚΑΙΕΩΝ
Edition Νικαιέων
Translation of the Nicaeans
Reverse design Athena standing facing, head left, holding spear with shield and patera
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 6.30 g
Axis 12
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ NY: 1944.100.42215
5 5     CGT coll. = Savoca 26 Blue, 24 Nov. 2019, lot 704
6 6     David Lowe