RPC VI, 3731 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 3731 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Cyzicus
Region Mysia
City Cyzicus
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Elagabalus (Augustus)
Issue Group 2
Obverse inscription ΑΥ ΚΑΙ Μ ΑΥΡΗ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρή(λιος) Ἀντωνεῖνος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΚΥΖΙΚΗΝΩΝ (or ΚΥΖΙΚΗΝΟΝ, sic) ΝΕΟΚΟΡΩΝ
Edition Κυζικηνῶν νεοκόρων
Translation of the Cyzicenes, neocorate
Reverse design two lighted torches around each of which a serpent is coiled; between them, lighted altar
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 9.86 g
Axis 12
Reference SNG France 801
Specimens 6 (3 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 482 SNG 801
2 2     ✸ B: 1847/7933
3 3     C McClean 7602 (as Caracalla)
4 4     CGT coll.
5 5     Demos 6, 5 Dec. 2021, lot 520
6 6     Olympus Numismatik 3, 5 May 2023, lot 388