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VI, 4296 (temporary)
Image of specimen #3
Coin type
URI
https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/6/4296
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Volume
VI
Number
4296 (temporary)
Province
Asia
Subprovince
Conventus of Sardis
Region
Lydia
City
Attalea
Reign
Elagabalus
Person (obv.)
Elagabalus (Augustus)
Magistrate
Aurelius Glykon (strategos for the second time)
Obverse inscription
ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤΩΝ
Ε
ΙΝΟϹ
Obverse design
laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription
ΕΠΙ ϹΤΡ ΑΥΡ ΓΛΥΚΩΝΟϹ
Τ Β
ΑΤΤΑΛ
Ε
ΑΤΩΝ
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
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.
Specimens of this coin type
Number
Number
Obverse
Reverse
Museum
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Diameter
Weight
Axis
Note
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1
1
P: 95
Wa 4881 = Münsterberg 133, 69 (as Caracalla)
37
25.09
Hochard 82 reads ΕΠΙ ϹΤΡ ΑΥΡ ΓΛΥΚΩΝΟ ΤΟ Β
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2
2
V: GR19368
Kraft 40, 4a = Münsterberg 133, 69 (as Caracalla)
34
24.00
6
Hochard 83 reads ΕΠΙ ϹΤΡ ΑΥΡ ΓΛΥΚΩΝΟΥ
Τ Β
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3
3
✸
Naumann Gitbud & Naumann 30, 5 Apr. 2015, lot 328 (Caracalla)
36
22.74
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