RPC VI, 3354 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 3354 (temporary)
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Nicomedia
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Elagabalus (Augustus)
Issue Group 2
Obverse inscription Μ ΑΥΡΗ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ ΑΥΓΟΥ
Edition Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρή(λιος) Ἀντωνῖνος Αὔγου(στος)
Translation Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΔΗΜΗΤΡΙΑ ΤΡΙϹ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ ΝΙΚΟΜΗΔΕΩΝ
Edition Δημητρία τρὶς νεωκόρων Νικομηδέων
Translation Demeter, three times neocorate, of the Nicomedeans
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
Average weight 13.14 g
Axis 6, 12
Reference Rec 278–9
Specimens 4 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: 1698 Bonnet Rec 278.2 = Burrell 157, 28c
2 2     V: GR 15817 Rec 279.1corr. = NZ 14, 1921, 140 = Burrell 157, 28b
3 3     ✸ Künker 273, 14 Mar. 2016, lot 853
4 4     R. Becker coll.