RPC VI, 3575 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 3575 (temporary)
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Tium
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Elagabalus (Augustus)
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 ΤΙΑΝΩΝ
Edition Τιανῶν
Translation of the Tians
Reverse design Ares(?) in military dress standing facing, head left, holding inverted spear and patera over lighted altar; behind, shield on the ground
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Average weight 9.82 g
Axis 12
Reference Rec 111 (as Caracalla)
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 1666 SNG 726 (as Caracalla/Elagabalus)
2 2     vA 975