RPC VI, 3124 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 3124 (temporary)
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Nicaea
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Elagabalus (Augustus)
Issue Group 2
Obverse inscription Μ ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ ΑΥΓ
Edition Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Ἀντωνῖνος Αὔγ(ουστος)
Translation Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus
Obverse design laureate and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΝΙΚΑΙΕΩΝ (or ΝΙΚΑΙΕΩΝ)
Edition Νικαιέων
Translation of the Nicaeans
Reverse design three military standards, topped by wreaths
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 5.53 g
Axis 6, 12
Specimens 7 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     V: GR 15666
2 2     V: GR 15668
3 3     ✸ Gorny & Mosch 241, 10 Oct. 2016, lot 1859
4 4     Freiburg: 14079
19 19     CGT coll.
20 20     Gorny & Mosch EA 306, 16 Oct. 2024, lot 1324 = Gerhard Hirsch 163, 1989, lot 1088
21 21     Gorny & Mosch EA 306, 16 Oct. 2024, lot 1326 = Münzzentrum 123, 2004, lot 223