RPC VI, 4208 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #4

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 4208 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Pergamum
Region Mysia
City Pergamum
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Elagabalus (Augustus)
Magistrate Tiberius Claudius Alexandros theologos (strategos)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤΟΚ Κ Μ ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐτοκ(ράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Ἀντωνεῖνος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus, right, with aegis, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ϹΤΡ ΤΙΒ ΚΛ ΑΛΕΖΑΝΔΡΟΥ ΘΕ ΠΕΡΓΑΜΗΝΩΝ Ο ΠΡΩΤΩΝ ΤΡΙϹ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ
Edition ἐπὶ στρ(ατηγοῦ) Τιβ(ερίου) Κλ(αυδίου) Ἀλεζάνδρου θε(ολόγου) Περγαμηνῶν Ὀ(λύμπια?) πρώτων τρὶς νεωκόρων
Translation under strategos Tiberius Claudius Alexander, theologos, of the Pergamenes, Olympia?, the first thrice neocorate
Reverse design Tyche seated on throne, left, holding long sceptre and feeding serpent from patera
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 44 mm
Average weight 40.55 g
Axis 6
Reference BMC 332
Specimens 4 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1859,1219.256 BMC 332 = Kraft 42, 21.1
2 2     Kraft 42, 21.1 (Niggeler 607)
3 3     NAC 54, Mar. 2010, 1235 = Naville Numismatics 66, 27 June 2021, lot 120 = Naville Numismatics 3, 31 Oct. 2013, lot 136
4 4     ✸ Naumann Gitbud & Naumann 37, 1 Nov. 2015, lot 442