RPC VI, 4356 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #11

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 4356 (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 ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ Μ ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Ἀντωνεῖνος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
Obverse design laureate and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus, right, wearing cuirass decorated with Gorgon's head, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ϹΤΡ Τ ΚΛ ϹΤΡΑΤΟΝΕΙΚΙΑΝΟΥ ΘΥΑΤΕΙΡΗΝΩΝ ΠΥΘΙΑ
Reverse design the Emperor in military dress standing, right, and Apollo Tyrimnaios standing, left, wearing chlamys and holding double axe, the two supporting an agonistic crown over a lighted altar between them
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 45 mm
Average weight 43.80 g
Axis 6, 11
Reference GRPCL 352, Hochard 2531
Specimens 12 (7 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: janv. 1919
2 2     L: 1844,1008.246 BMC 112
3 3     P: 1522
4 4     P: 855
5 5     B: L1906
6 6     B: L1906
7 7     G SNG 1369
8 8     Boston: 64.1451
9 9     Rome: 80377 Calomino MNR 215
10 10     Triton XV, 3 Jan. 2012, lot 1392
11 11     ✸ Gorny & Mosch Giessener Münzhandlu 125, 13 Oct. 2003, lot 315
12 12     Numismatica Ars Classica 100, 29 May 2017, lot 1277 (ex M&M 28, 1964, 426; Auctiones 15, 1985, 286 and M&M 81, 1995, 540 sales)