RPC VI, 4214 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 4214 (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 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, with aegis, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ϹΤΡ ΤΙ ΚΛ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ ΠΕΡΓΑΜΗΝΩΝ ΠΡΩΤΩΝ Γ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ
Edition ἐπὶ στρ(ατηγοῦ) Τι(βερίου) Κλ(αυδίου) Ἀλεξάνδρου Περγαμηνῶν πρώτων γʹ νεωκόρων
Translation under the Strategos Tiberius Claudius Alexander, of the Pergamenes, first thrice neocorate
Reverse design emperor standing facing in military dress, head left, holding spear and patera over lighted altar at his feet
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 37 mm
Average weight 23.53 g
Axis 6
Reference von Fritze, Pergamon pl. VIII,3
Specimens 3 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: 18224712, Fox
2 2     ✸ Mu: 223 von Fritze, Pergamon pl. VIII, 3
3 3     G&M 151, Oct. 2009, 1763