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 Stratoneikianos the younger (strategos)
Issue Group 2
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ Μ ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤΩΝƐΙΝΟϹ
Obverse design laureate and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus, r., wearing cuirass with Gorgon's head, seen from front
Reverse inscription ƐΠΙ ϹΤΡ Τ ΚΛ ϹΤΡΑΤΟΝƐΙΚΙΑΝΟΥ ΝƐΟ, ΑΥΓΟΥСΤƐΙΑ ΠΥΘΙΑ ΘΥΑΤƐΙΡΗΝΩΝ
Reverse design inscription within laurel wreath
Metal Æ
Average diameter 44 mm
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.