RPC VI, 4501 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 4501 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Sardis
Region Lydia
City Sardis
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Elagabalus (Augustus)
Magistrate Soulpikios Hermophilos (first archon for the second time)
Issue Group 2
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤΩΝƐΙΝΟϹ
Obverse design laureate bust of Elagabalus, r., wearing decorated cuirass and aegis, seen from front
Reverse inscription ϹΑΡΔΙΑΝΩΝ ΤΡΙϹ ΝƐΩΚΟΡΩΝ ƐΠ ƐΡΜΟΦΙΛΟΥ ΑΡ Α ΤΟ Β
Reverse design front view of two temples with four columns, above, the one to the l., enclosing the statue of the emperor holding patera and sceptre, globe in pediment; the one to the r., with arcuated lintel, enclosing the statue of Kore; three-quarter view of two temples with six columns, below
Metal Æ
Average diameter 40 mm
Axis 6
Reference GRPCL 570, Hochard 2054
Specimens 2 (2 in the core collections)
Note The type is discussed by Strasser, RN 2020, 145-8. He identifies the temples as (the two below) the previous necorate temples; that of Kore (above r.) and Helios (above l.).
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: BK.739 BMC 171 = Burrell 110, 6
2 2     V: GR 30212