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 Sulpicius Hermophilos (first archon for the second time)
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 ΕΠΙ ΕΡΜΟΦΙΛΟΥ ΑΡΧ Α ΤΟ Β ϹΑΡΔΙΑΝΩΝ ΤΡΙϹ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ
Edition ἐπὶ Ἑρμοφίλου ἄρχ(οντος) αʹ τὸ βʹ Σαρδιανῶν τρὶς νεωκόρων
Translation under Hermophilos, first archon for the second time, of the Sardians, three times neocorate
Reverse design Kore standing, facing, having poppy on either side
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 31 mm
Average weight 11.47 g
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