RPC VI, 3722 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 3722 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Cyzicus
Region Mysia
City Cyzicus
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Elagabalus (Augustus)
Issue Group 1
Obverse inscription ΑΥ ΚΑΙ Μ ΑΥΡΗ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΚΥΖΙΚΗΝΩΝ ΝΕΟΚΟ(Ρ)(Ω)
Reverse design two lighted torches around which a serpent is coiled; between them, lighted altar
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Axis 1, 7, 12
Reference BMC 251–2 (as Caracalla), SNG France 802, SNG Schweiz 704
Specimens 9 (3 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1844,0425.1496 BMC 251
2 2     L: B,1841.2431 BMC 252
3 3     ✸ P: 486 SNG 802
4 4     Bern SNG 704
5 5     V-ON SNG Leypold 253 (as Caracalla)
6 6     CGT coll.
7 7     CGT coll.
8 8     CGT coll.
9 9     Aquila 2, 7 May 2022, lot 563