RPC VI, 3643 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 3643 (temporary)
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Bithynium Claudiopolis
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 and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus, left, seen from rear, holding spear and shield decorated with Nike driving a biga
Reverse inscription ΒΙΘΥΝΙΕΩΝ ΑΔΡΙΑΝΩΝ
Edition Βιθυνιέων Ἁδριανῶν
Translation of the Bithynian Hadrianians
Reverse design Athena seated on shield, left, holding spear and Nike
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Average weight 15.99 g
Reference SNG vA 318–9
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 1972.1193
2 2     SNG vA 318 = Kraft 101, 16.3
3 3     ✸ SNG vA 319 = Kraft 101, 16.4