RPC VI, 3651 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 3651 (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 draped bust of Elagabalus, left, holding sceptre and saluting, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΒΙΘΥΝΙΕΩΝ ΑΔΡΙΑΝΩΝ
Edition Βιθυνιέων Ἁδριανῶν
Translation of the Bithynian Hadrianians
Reverse design Dionysus standing facing, head right, holding long thyrsus and cantharus over panther, left
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 30 mm
Average weight 11.77 g
Reference Rec 40 (as Caracalla)
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 283 Wa 241 = Rec 40 (as Caracalla)