RPC VI, 4318 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 4318 (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 Hades driving quadriga, right, wearing crescent on shoulders and chiton inflated by wind, abducting Persephone; above, small figure (of Eros?) advancing, right; below, vase lying, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 44 mm
Average weight 46.48 g
Axis 6
Reference Bennett 134 (as Caracalla), GRPCL 349, Hochard 2534
Specimens 2 (2 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 1521 Mi IV, 974
2 2     ✸ B: F1873