RPC VI, 3118 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 3118 (temporary)
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Nicaea
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Elagabalus (Augustus)
Issue Group 1b
Obverse inscription Μ ΑΥΡΗΛΙΟϹ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ ΑΥΓ
Edition Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρήλιος Ἀντωνῖνος Αὔγ(ουστος)
Translation Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus
Obverse design laureate and draped bust of Elagabalus, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΝΙΚΑΙΕΩΝ
Edition Νικαιέων
Translation of the Nicaeans
Reverse design front view of temple with six columns, with globe in pediment
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 5.63 g
Axis 6, 7
Specimens 2 (0 in the core collections)
Note   Not definitely Elagabalus. The portrait resembles https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/90075 also of Elagabalus or Caracalla.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ CNG 88, 14 Sept. 2011, lot 850
2 2     CNG EA 245, 1 Dec. 2010, lot 258