RPC VI, 4317 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 4317 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Thyatira
Region Lydia
City Thyatira
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Elagabalus (Augustus)
Magistrate Clodius Aurelius Dionysios (strategos, of equestrian rank)
Issue Group 1b
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ Μ ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) 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 ΚΛΩ ΑΥΡ ΔΙΟΝΥϹΙΟΥ ΙΠΠΙΚΟΥ ΘΥΑΤΕΙΡΗΝΩΝ
Edition ἐπὶ στρ(ατηγοῦ) Κλω(δίου) Αὐρ(ηλίου) Διονυσίου ιππικοῦ Θυατειρηνῶν
Translation under the strategos Clodius Aurelius Dionysios of equestrian rank, of the Thyatireans
Reverse design emperor in military dress standing, left, holding spear and patera over lighted altar, with Tyche of the City, holding long sceptre and cult-statue of Apollo Tyrimnaios holding double axe; to right, Nike standing, left, holding palm branch and crowning the emperor from behind with wreath
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 46 mm
Average weight 45.65 g
Reference GRPCL 350, Hochard 2533
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 1520 Wa 7068 = Bennett 133 (as Caracalla)