RPC VI, 4493 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 4493 (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 ΤΡΙϹ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ
Edition Σαρδιανῶν τρίς νεωκόρων
Translation of the Sardians, thrice neocorate
Reverse design lion advancing, left, raising paw; before, fly; above, star
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 6.66 g
Axis 6, 12
Reference GRPCL 581, Hochard 2036
Specimens 5 (2 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: H.P.B.P.138.N.15 BMC 172
2 2     Harvard: 1991.243
3 3     ✸ CGT coll. = Saint Paul 14, 17 Dec. 2017, lot 420
4 4     P: 1288 A Hochard 2038 (reading τρὶς νεωκόρων)
5 5     CGT coll.