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 Αὐτ(οκράτορ) 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
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

Number Number 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