RPC VI, 4470 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 4470 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Sardis
Region Lydia
City Sardis
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Elagabalus (Augustus)
Issue Group 1
Obverse inscription ΑΥ(Τ) Κ Μ ΑΥ(Ρ) ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ (Ϲ)
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Ἀντωνεῖνος Σ(εβαστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus
Obverse design radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ϹΑΡΔΙΑΝΩΝ Β ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ
Edition Σαρδιανῶν β νεωκόρων
Translation of the Sardians, twice neocorate
Reverse design Zeus Lydios standing facing, head left, holding long sceptre and thunderbolt
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 7.51 g
Axis 5, 6
Reference GRPCL 591 and 593, Hochard 2057, 2065, 2067 and 2069
Specimens 14 (4 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1892,0507.153 BMC 160 (Caracalla)
2 2     P: 1272
3 3     NY: 1944.100.49449
4 4     V: GR 32847 (as Caracalla)
5 5     Harvard: 1985.97
6 6     Rome: DS111282
7 7     Naumann Numismatik Naumann 41, 6 Mar. 2016, lot 531
8 8     Sardis Excavations 303.1
9 9     Sardis Excavations 303.2
10 10     CGT coll.
11 11     CGT coll.
12 12     CGT coll.
13 13     CGT coll.
15 15     CGT coll.