RPC VI, 4358 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 4358 (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 with Gorgon's head, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ϹΤΡ Τ ΚΛ ϹΤΡΑΤΟΝΕΙΚΙΑΝΟΥ ΝΕΟ, ΑΥΓΟΥСΤΕΙΑ ΠΥΘΙΑ ΘΥΑΤΕΙΡΗΝΩΝ
Edition ἐπὶ στρ(ατηγοῦ) Τ(ιβερίου) Κλ(αυδίου) Στρατονεικιανοῦ νέο(υ) Αὐγούστεια Πυθία Θυατείρηνῶν
Translation under the strategos Tiberius Claudius Stratonikianos the Younger, Augustan Pythia of the Thyatirans
Reverse design inscription within laurel wreath
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 44 mm
Average weight 46.51 g
Axis 6
Reference Bennett 165corr., GRPCL 353, Hochard 2532
Specimens 5 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     V: GR 19392
2 2     ✸ Peus 366, 29 Oct. 2000, lot 739 = Peus 382, 26 Apr. 2005, lot 626
2 2     Naville Numismatics 35, 29 Oct. 2017, lot 264
3 3     Missere 396
4 4     Vat Serafini 1937, p. 427, no. 69, pl. 56.6. It was found in the San Panfilo catacomb in Rome, used as an ornament, fixed in the mortar of a loculus.