RPC VI, 4282 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 4282 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Thyatira
Region Lydia
City Stratonicea Hadrianopolis
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Elagabalus (Augustus)
Magistrate Aurelius Philoxenos, son of Artemon (strategos)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤΟ Κ Μ ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐτο(κράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Ἀντωνεῖνος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ϹΤΡ ΑΥΡ ΦΙΛΟΞΕΝΟΥ ΑΡΤΕΜΩΝΟϹ ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ ϹΤΡΑΤΟΝΕΙΚΕΩΝ
Edition ἐπὶ στρ(ατηγοῦ) Αὐρ(ηλίου) Φιλοξένου Ἀρτέμωνος Ἁδριανοπολειτῶν Στρατονεικέων
Translation under strategos Aurelius Philoxenos, son of Artemon, of the Stratonicean Hadrianopolitans
Reverse design Dionysus standing facing, head left, holding long thyrsus and cantharus(?); at his feet, two small figures, to left, Satyr standing, right, to right, Maenad(?) standing, left
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 42 mm
Average weight 40.10 g
Axis 6
Reference GRPCL 36
Specimens 2 (2 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 7051 GM 724, 626 = Wa 7051 (under Stratonicaea in Caria; figure described as the emperor) = Mi S. VI, 540, 497
2 2     ✸ V: GR 31764 Hirsch 13 (Rhousopoulos), May 1905, 3369 (as Caracalla)