RPC VI, 4489 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 4489 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Sardis
Region Lydia
City Sardis
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Elagabalus (Augustus)
Issue Group 2
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Ἀντωνεῖνος Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Ἀντωνεῖνος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ϹΑΡΔΙΑΝΩΝ Γ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ
Edition Σαρδιανῶν γ νεωκόρων Σαρδιανῶν γ νεωκόρων
Translation of the Sardians, three times neocorate
Reverse design Helios standing facing, head left, wearing mantle, holding globe and raising hand
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 6.53 g
Axis 6
Reference GRPCL 577, Hochard 2035
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1914,0905.287
2 2     Elsen 117, 15 June 2013, lot 399
3 3     ✸ Numismatik Naumann 145, 6 Oct. 2024, lot 332 = Numismatik Naumann 139, 7 Apr. 2024, lot 426 = Leu WA 28, 9–14 Dec. 2023, lot 2274