RPC VI, 3832 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 3832 (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 and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ϹΤΡ ΦΟΝΤ ΑΛΕΖΑΝΔΡΟΥ ΓΕΡΜΗΝΩΝ
Edition ἐπὶ στρ(ατηγοῦ) Φοντ(ιλίου) Ἀλέζανδρου Γερμηνῶν
Translation under strategos Fontilius Alexandros of the Germenians
Reverse design three Nymphs standing all together, facing each other, each holding a vase; the central one also holds an uncertain object
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 35 mm
Average weight 17.60 g
Axis 6
Reference Ehling 178
Specimens 4 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: 18224729, I-B Ehling 178.2
2 2     Ankara: 185-10/3-88 Ehling 178.1
3 3     ✸ ACRoma 4, Dec. 2011, 245 = Auctiones GmbH e 50, 11 Sept. 2016, lot 117
4 4     Wendt-Numismatica 17, June 1977, 313 = Savoca EA 32 Silver, 14 Apr. 2019, lot 260