RPC VI, 3116 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 3116 (temporary)
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Nicaea
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Elagabalus (Augustus)
Issue Group 1
Obverse inscription Μ ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ ΑΥΓ
Edition Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Ἀντωνῖνος Αὔγ(ουστος)
Translation Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus
Obverse design laureate head of Elagabalus, right, with drapery
Reverse inscription ΝΙΚΑΙΕΩΝ
Edition Νικαιέων
Translation of the Nicaeans
Reverse design the Emperor(?) riding an elephant, left, holding reins and whip(?)
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 5.09 g
Reference Rec 564
Specimens 2 (0 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Lanz 106, 27 Nov. 2001, lot 594
3 3     ✸ Gorny & Mosch EA 306, 16 Oct. 2024, lot 1301 = Gorny & Mosch EA 245, 2017, lot 1482