RPC VI, 4209 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 4209 (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 ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ Μ ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) 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 ϹΤΡ ΤΙΒ ΚΛ ΑΛΕΖΑΝΔΡΟΥ (reversed Ζ) ΘΕΟΛΟ ΠΕΡΓΑΜΗΝΩΝ ΠΡΩΤΩΝ Γ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ, ΟΛΥΜΠΙΑ
Edition ἐπὶ στρ(ατηγοῦ) Τιβ(ερίου) Κλ(αυδίου) Ἀλεζάνδρου θεολό(γου) Περγαμηνῶν πρώτων γʹ νεωκόρων Ὀλύμπια
Translation under strategos Tiberius Claudius Alexander, theologos, of the Pergamenes, first thrice neocorate, Olympian
Reverse design inscribed wreath between two agonistic crowns on a table, each with a palm branch; below, vase between two purses
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 44 mm
Average weight 43.21 g
Axis 6
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: I-B1900
2 2     ✸ G&M 915, Mar. 2011, 332