RPC VI, 3826 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #8

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 3826 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Cyzicus
Region Mysia
City Germe
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Elagabalus (Augustus)
Magistrate Titus Iulius Fontilius Alexandros (strategos)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤΟΚΡ Κ Μ ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ
Edition Αὐτοκρ(άτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Ἀντωνεῖνος Σεβ(αστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ϹΤΡ ΑΛΕΖΑΝΔΡΟΥ ΓΕΡΜΗΝΩΝ
Edition στρ(ατηγοῦ) Ἀλεζάνδρου Γερμηνῶν
Translation of strategos Alexandros, of the Germeans
Reverse design Apollo standing nude, right, placing hand over head and holding lyre over small column; behind, laurel tree around which serpent is coiled
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Average weight 11.86 g
Axis 6
Reference Ehling 179–80
Specimens 8 (4 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1984,0328.2 Ehling 179.4
2 2     P: 350 SNG 993 = Ehling 179.5
3 3     B: 18224730, F1873 Ehling 179.1
4 4     Cop: 142 (under Lydia) = Kraft 42, 25 = Ehling 179.2
5 5     Istanbul: 762/1297 Ehling 179.3
6 6     Ehling 179.6 = Schulten&Co., Oct. 1986, 671
7 7     Ehling 180 = Wendt-Numismatica 17, June 1977, 314
8 8     ✸ Peus 366, Oct. 2000, 575