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
Obverse design laureate and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus, l., holding spear and shield decorated with Nike driving a biga, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΤΙΑΝΩΝ
Reverse design Zeus seated on throne facing, holding patera and long sceptre; at his feet, eagle l., head r.; above, Helios in quadriga, r., surmounted by crescent, and Selene in biga drawn by bulls, l., surmounted by star; below, Gaia reclining, r., holding cornucopia, and Thalassa reclining, l., 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 Æ
Average diameter 33 mm
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

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