RPC VI, 4120 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 4120 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Adramyteum
Region Mysia
City Adramyteum
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Elagabalus (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτορ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Ἀντωνεῖνος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ϹΤΡ[...] ΑΔΡΑΜΥΤΗΝΩΝ
Edition ἐπὶ στρ[---] Ἀδραμυτηνῶν
Translation under strategos[---] of the Adramyteans
Reverse design Zeus standing facing, head left, holding eagle (reworked as a patera) and resting on long sceptre (reworked as Asclepius' staff); to left, small Telesphorus
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 35 mm
Average weight 28.38 g
Reference von Fritze Mys. 136 (under Caracalla), Stauber 222, note 81
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 40 SNG 57 = von Fritze Mys. 136 (under Caracalla) = Stauber 222, note 81