RPC VI, 3891 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 3891 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Cyzicus
Region Mysia
City Lampsacus
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Elagabalus (Augustus)
Magistrate Severus (strategos)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ Α ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Ἀντωνεῖνος Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Α(ὐρήλιος) Ἀντωνεῖνος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
Obverse design laureate bust of Elagabalus, right, wearing cuirass decorated with Gorgoneion, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ϹΤΡΑ ϹΕΒΗΡΟΥ ΛΑΜΨΑΚΗΝΩΝ
Edition ἐπὶ στρατηγοῦ Σεβήρου Λαμψακηνῶν ἐπὶ στρα(τηγοῦ) Σεβήρου Λαμψακηνῶν
Translation under strategos Severus, of the Lampsacenes
Reverse design Poseidon standing, left, holding dolphin and trident, placing foot on prow
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 8.27 g
Axis 5, 6, 12
Reference Kraft 42,24
Specimens 4 (1 in the core collections)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     NY: 1944.100.43030 Kraft 42, 24
2 2     Plankenhorn 63 = Gorny & Mosch 196, 7 Mar. 2011, lot 2094
4 4     Olympus Numismatik 22, 25 May 2025, lot 370 = Olympus Numismatik 19, 15 Jan. 2025, lot 414
6 6     ✸ H.I. coll. = Concordia Numismatic 24, 23 Jan. 2025, lot 609