RPC VI, 31024 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 31024 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Cyzicus
Region Mysia
City Cyzicus
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Elagabalus (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥ ΚΑΙ Μ ΑΥ(Ρ)(Η) ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Ἀντωνεῖνος Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρή(λιος) Ἀντωνεῖνος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΚΥΖΙΚΗΝΩΝ ΝΕΩΚΟ(Ρ)
Edition Κυζικηνῶν νεωκόρων Κυζικηνῶν νεωκόρ(ων)
Translation of the Cyzicenes, neocorate
Reverse design two torches entwined by serpents
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 10.91 g
Axis 1, 5, 6, 7, 11, 12
Reference BMC 251-253
Specimens 18 (13 in the core collections)
Note For the attribution to Elagabalus rather than Caracalla, see introduction.
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 482 SNG 801
1 1     P: 456 SNG 803
2 2     ✸ L: 1911,1010.52
2 2     P: 486 SNG 802
3 3     P: 483 SNG 804
3 3     L BMC 252
4 4     L BMC 251
4 4     M&M GmbH 15, 21 Oct. 2004, lot 503
5 5     V: GR 36566
5 5     V-ON SNG Leypold I, 353
6 6     L: 1840,1214.2 BMC 253
7 7     Mu
8 8     O
9 9     O: Milne
10 10     Çanakkale: 6127 SNG 56
11 11     SNG vA 1276
12 12     C McClean 7603
13 13     Lanz 92, 4 June 1999, lot 834