RPC VI, 4507 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 4507 (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, draped and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus, r., seen from rear
Reverse inscription ƐΠI ƐΡΜΟΦΙΛΟΥ ΑΡΧ Α ΤΟ B ϹΑΡΔΙΑΝΩΝ ΤΡΙϹ ΝƐΩΚΟΡΩΝ
Reverse design Kore standing, facing, having poppy on either side
Metal Æ
Average diameter 31 mm
Axis 6
Reference GRPCL 563, Hochard 2042
Specimens 3 (2 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 1284
2 2     V: GR 34644
3 3     Sardis Excavations NoEx93.58. Illustrated by J. DeRose Evans, 'The Third Neokorate of Sardis in Light of a New Coin Type Found in Sardis', in FIDES: Contributions to Numismatics in Honor of Richard B. Witschonke, p. 488 fig. 2