RPC VI, 3649 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 3649 (temporary)
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Bithynium Claudiopolis
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Elagabalus (Augustus)
Obverse inscription Μ ΑΥΡΗ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ ΑΥΓΟΥ
Obverse design laureate and draped bust of Elagabalus, left, holding sceptre and raising hand, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΒΙΘΥΝΙΕΩΝ ΑΔΡΙΑΝΩΝ
Reverse design Demeter standing facing, head right, holding long torch and ears of corn
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 30 mm
Axis 6
Reference SNG vA 305 (as Caracalla?)
Specimens 2 (0 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Boston: 62.376 Münzen und Medaillen, A.G., Malzgasse 25, Basel, Switzerland; May 9, 1962
2 2     SNG vA 305