RPC VI, 3570 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 3570 (temporary)
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Tium
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Elagabalus (Augustus)
Obverse inscription Μ ΑΥΡΗ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ ΑΥΓΟΥ
Edition Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Ἀντωνῖνος Αὔγουστος Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρή(λιος) Ἀντωνῖνος Αὔγου(στος)
Translation Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus
Obverse design laureate and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus, left, holding spear and shield decorated with Nike driving a biga, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΤΙΑΝΩΝ
Edition Τιανῶν Τιανῶν
Translation of the Tians
Reverse design Zeus seated on throne facing, holding patera and long sceptre; at his feet, eagle left, head right; above, Helios in quadriga, right, surmounted by crescent, and Selene in biga drawn by bulls, left, surmounted by star; below, Gaia reclining, right, holding cornucopia, and Thalassa reclining, left, with crab claws on the head, holding rudder and prow at her feet; all around, the signs of the Zodiac delimited by a dotted circle
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Average weight 14.26 g
Axis 6, 7
Reference Rec 130
Specimens 2 (2 in the core collections)
Note Compare https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/79594 (Mamaea)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 1675 SNG 725 (as Caracalla/Elagabalus) = Wa 557 = Rec 130
2 2     ✸ B: 18221297, Löbb.