RPC VI, 3827 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 3827 (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 Dionysus standing facing, head left, holding long thyrsus and cantharus over panther, left
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Average weight 11.96 g
Axis 6
Reference Ehling 182
Specimens 4 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ B: 18224731, L1906 Ehling 182.1
2 2     V: GR 31005 Ehling 182.3
3 3     CGT coll.
4 4     Ehling 182.2 = Numismatica 17, 1977, lot 315