RPC VI, 3645 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 3645 (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 front view of temple with eight columns with globe in pediment
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 32 mm
Average weight 17.79 g
Axis 1, 7, 12
Reference SNG vA 315–7
Specimens 7 (3 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1979,0101.1272 vA 315 = Kraft 101, 16.1
2 2     ✸ L: 1979,0101.1273 vA 316 = Kraft 101, 16.2
3 3     P: 1993.470
4 4     CGT coll.
5 5     SNG vA 317
6 6     Münzhandlung Henzen
7 7     Boston: 64.534