RPC VI, 4191 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 4191 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Adramyteum
Region Lesbus
City Mytilene
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Elagabalus (Augustus)
Magistrate Marcus Octαvius Com— Eutychides (strategos)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ ΜΑΡ ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Μᾶρ(κος) 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 Μ ΟΚΤ ΚΟΜ ΕΥΤΥΧΙΔΟΥ ΜΥΤΙΛΗΝΑΙΩΝ
Edition ἐπὶ στρ(ατηγοῦ) Μ(άρκου) Ὀκτ(αουΐου) Κομ(—) Εὐτυχίδου Μυτιληναίων
Translation under strategos Marcus Octavius Com— Eutychides, of the Mytileneans
Reverse design the Emperor standing in military dress, left, holding globe and resting on spear, being crowned by Nike standing, left, behind him, holding palm branch and wreath
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 43 mm
Average weight 42.63 g
Axis 6
Reference BMC 218
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: BK,524 BMC 218
2 2     ✸ Bertolami Fine Arts - ACR Auctions E-50, 10 Dec. 2017, lot 439