RPC VI, 4352 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 4352 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Thyatira
Region Lydia
City Thyatira
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Elagabalus (Augustus) ; Severus Alexander (Caesar)
Magistrate Aurelius Kentauros (son of?) Dionysos (strategos)
Issue Group 2
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤΟΚΡ Κ Μ ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ Κ Μ ΑΥΡ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ
Edition Αὐτοκρ(άτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Ἀντωνεῖνος κ(αὶ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Ἀλέξανδρος Καῖσαρ
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus and Marcus Aurelius Alexander Caesar
Obverse design facing busts of Elagabalus, laureate and wearing cuirass with Gorgon's head, right, and Severus Alexander, baeheaded, draped and cuirassed, left
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ϹΤΡ ΑΥΡ ΚΕΝΤΑΥΡΟΥ ΔΙΟ ΘΥΑΤΕΙΡΗΝΩΝ
Edition ἐπὶ στρ(ατηγοῦ) Αὐρ(ηλίου) Κένταυρου Διο(νυσίου) Θυατειρηνῶν
Translation under the strategos Aurelius Kentauros, son (?) of Dionysos, of the Thyatirans
Reverse design Apollo Tyrimnaios, radiate, standing facing on quadriga of horses seen from the front, holding laurel branch and double axe
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 47 mm
Average weight 45.26 g
Axis 1
Reference GRPCL 387, Hochard 2556
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)
Note The second Κ = καί.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Boston: 1982.467