RPC VI, 4355 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 4355 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Thyatira
Region Lydia
City Thyatira
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Elagabalus (Augustus)
Magistrate Tiberius Claudius Stratonikianos the Young (strategos)
Issue Group 2
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤΚΡ (sic) Κ Μ ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐτοκ(ράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Ἀντωνεῖνος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
Obverse design laureate and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus, right, wearing cuirass with Gorgon's head, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ϹΤΡ Τ ΚΛ ϹΤΡΑΤΟΝΕΙΚΙΑΝΟΥ ΑΥΓΟΥϹΤΕΙΑ ΠΥΘΙΑ ΘΥΑΤΕΙΡΗΝΩΝ
Edition ἐπὶ στρ(ατηγοῦ) Τ(ιβερίου) Κλ(αυδίου) Στρατονεικιανοῦ Αὐγούστεια Πύθια Θυατειρηνῶν
Translation under the strategos Tiberius Claudius Stratonikianos, Augusteian, Pythian, of the Thyatirenans
Reverse design two agonistic crowns on a table with one palm branch each; between them, two purses; under the table, a jug
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 46 mm
Average weight 49.11 g
Axis 6
Reference GRPCL 351, Hochard 2548
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: 1903/835
2 2     ✸ Hauck & Aufhäuser 20, 16 Oct. 2007, lot 413