RPC VI, 4510 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 4510 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Sardis
Region Lydia
City Sardis
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Caesar)
Magistrate Sulpicius Hermophilos (first archon for the second time)
Issue Group 2
Obverse inscription Μ ΑΥΡ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ ΚΑΙϹ
Edition Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Ἀλέξανδρος Καῖσ(αρ)
Translation Marcus Aurelius Alexander Caesar
Obverse design bare-headed and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ϹΟΥΛΠ ΕΡΜΟΦΙΛΟΥ ΑΡΧ Α ΤΟ Β, ΑΛΕΙΑ ΕΛΑΓΑΒΑΛΕΙΑ ϹΑΡΔΙΑΝΩΝ Γ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ
Reverse design within laurel wreath
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 30 mm
Average weight 13.83 g
Axis 6
Reference GRPCL 619, Hochard 2080b corr.
Specimens 2 (0 in the core collections)
Note J.-Y. Strasser, 'Le mariage éphémère d'Hélios et de Koré à Sardes', RN 2020, pp. 127-64. ΑΛƐΙΑ ƐΛΑΓΑΒΑΛƐΙΑ = Heliaia Elagabalaeia identifies the festival as that of Sol Elagabalus, and explains why Helios appears several times on the coinage of Elagabalus at Sardis.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Harvard: 1984.811.33
2 2     Private coll. = Savoca Blue 111, 28 Aug. 2021, lot 1079