RPC VI, 3652 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 3652 (temporary)
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Bithynium Claudiopolis
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Elagabalus (Augustus)
Obverse inscription Μ ΑΥΡΗ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ ΑΥΓΟΥ
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΒΙΘΥΝΙΕΩΝ ΑΔΡΙΑΝΩΝ
Reverse design temple with eight columns seen in perspective, right; in pediment, globe
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Axis 1
Reference Rec 58 (as Caracalla or Elagabalus)
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 292 Wa 246 = Rec 58
2 2     SNG vA 320
3 3     Agora Auctions Numismatic 85, 7 May 2019, lot 69