RPC VI, 3828 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 3828 (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 bust of Elagabalus, right, wearing cuirass decorated with Gorgoneion, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ϹΤΡ Τ ΙΟΥΛ ΦΟΝΤΙΛΙΟΥ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ ΓΕΡΜΗΝΩΝ
Edition ἐπὶ στρ(ατηγοῦ) Τ(ίτου) Ἰουλ(ίου) Φοντιλίου Ἀλεξάνδρου Γερμηνῶν
Translation under strategos Titus Iulius Fontilius Alexandros, of the Germenians
Reverse design Heracles standing facing, head right, holding club and the Nemean lion by the hind leg
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 41 mm
Average weight 39.10 g
Axis 6, 7
Reference Ehling 175
Specimens 4 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 348 SNG 992 = Wa 7037 = Ehling 175.2
2 2     Ehling 175.1 = CNG 109, Mar. 2005, 102 = Hirsch 35, June 1969, 956a (Mabott Coll.)
3 3     Numismatik Lanz München 165, 9 Dec. 2017, lot 271
4 4     ✸ Leu 5, 27 Oct. 2019, lot 260