RPC VI, 3125 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 3125 (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 head of Elagabalus, right
Reverse inscription ΝΙΚΑΙΕΩΝ
Edition Νικαιέων
Translation of the Nicaeans
Reverse design Roma (?) seated on throne, left, wearing helmet, holding spear and Nike offering her a wreath
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 4.47 g
Axis 6, 7
Reference Rec 559
Specimens 7 (2 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMC 76 (as Caracalla) = Rec 559.2
2 2     V: GR 15659 Rec 559.1
3 3     cgb.fr MBS 24, 24 June 2005, lot 456
4 4     ✸ Helios 7, 12 Dec. 2011, lot 579 = Naumann Gitbud & Naumann 11, 29 Dec. 2013, lot 406
5 5     Private Collection (eBay)
6 6     Ancient Imports VCoins store
7 7     Gorny & Mosch EA 306, 16 Oct. 2024, lot 1318 = Sternberg 27, 1994, lot 505