RPC VI, 4210 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 4210 (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 ΑΥΤΟ Κ Μ ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus, right, with aegis, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ϹΤΡ ΤΙΒ ΚΛ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ ΘΕΟΛΟ ΠΕΡΓΑΜΗΝΩΝ ΠΡΩΤΩΝ Γ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ
Reverse design Heracles advancing nude, right, raising club, fighting against amazon Hippolyte advancing, left, holding shield(?)
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 43 mm
Axis 6, 12
Reference SNG France 2259
Specimens 5 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 1401 SNG 2259
2 2     CNG 79, Sept. 2008, 585
3 3     Hirsch 293, Sept. 2013, 2891 (heavily tooled, if genuine)
4 4     Rauch 53, 28 Nov. 1994, lot 304
5 5     ✸ CNG 123, 23 May 2023, lot 388