RPC VI, 4296 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 4296 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Pergamum
Region Lydia
City Attalea
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Elagabalus (Augustus)
Magistrate Aurelius Glykon (strategos for the second time)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Ἀντωνεῖνος Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) 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 ΓΛΥΚΩΝΟϹ Τ Β ΑΤΤΑΛΕΑΤΩΝ
Edition ἐπὶ στρατηγοῦ Αὐρηλίου Γλύκωνος τὸ βʹ Ἀτταλεατῶν ἐπὶ στρ(ατηγοῦ) Αὐρ(ηλίου) Γλύκωνος τ(ὸ) βʹ Ἀτταλεατῶν
Translation under strategos Aurelius Glykon for the second time, of the Attaleans
Reverse design Zeus standing facing, head right, holding eagle, and Elagabalus(?) standing facing, head left, holding sceptre and sacrificing with patera over lighted altar between
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 36 mm
Average weight 23.94 g
Axis 6
Reference Kraft 40,4a (as Caracalla), GRPCL 59 (Caracalla), Hochard 82-3 (Elagabalus)
Specimens 3 (2 in the core collections)
Note All three coins are from the same dies, and the reading is clearest on /3. The obv. die link chain indicates that it is a coin of Elagabalus.
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 95 Wa 4881 = Münsterberg 133, 69 (as Caracalla)
2 2     V: GR19368 Kraft 40, 4a = Münsterberg 133, 69 (as Caracalla)
3 3     ✸ Naumann Gitbud & Naumann 30, 5 Apr. 2015, lot 328 (Caracalla)