RPC VI, 3349 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 3349 (temporary)
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Nicomedia
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Elagabalus (Augustus)
Issue Group 1
Obverse inscription Μ ΑΥΡΗ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ ΑΥΓ
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΔΗΜΗΤΡΙΑ ΤΡΙϹ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ ΝΙΚΟΜΗΔΕΩΝ
Reverse design three temples with six columns, the one in the middle seen from the front, whithin which a statue of Demeter(?) stands, left, the others seen from a three-quarter view
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Axis 6, 7
Reference Rec 278
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 1406 Rec 278.1 = Burrell 157, 28a
2 2     Rome: DS110315
3 3     ✸ Roma Numismatics Ltd E-Sale 35, 3 May 2017, lot 523