RPC VI, 4512 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 4512 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Ephesus
Region Lydia
City Hypaepa
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Elagabalus (Augustus)
Magistrate Aurelius Dionysios (strategos) ; Aurelius Charixenos (strategos)
Alliance with Sardis
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ϹΑΡΔΙΑΝΩΝ ΚΑΙ ΥΠΑΙΠΗΝΩΝ ΟΜΟΝΟΙΑ ΕΠΙ ΑΥΡ ΔΙΟΝΥϹΙΟΥ ΚΑΙ ΑΥΡ ΧΑΡΙΞΕΝΟΥ ϹΤΡΑΤ[ ]
Reverse design Kore standing facing, head left, holding poppy and corn-ear, and Artemis Anaïtis standing facing, head right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 35 mm
Axis 6
Reference SNG München 552 (Sardis), Franke-Nollé 1863 (as Caracalla, Sardis), GRPCL Sardis 594 corr., Hochard 2050b (Sardis) corr.
Specimens 4 (1 in the core collections)
Note formerly attributed to Sardis, but the names of the magistrates can now be read, and belong to Hypaepa, with which the coins share an obverse die. Hochard 2050a
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Mu SNG 552 = Kraft 30, 12b.1 = Hochard 2050b (Sardis and Ephesus) corr.
2 2     Budapest Franke-Nollé 1863 (as Caracalla)
3 3     ✸ CGT coll. = Naville 53, 3 Nov. 2019, lot 201 ex E.E. Clain-Stefanelli coll.
4 4     GRPCL Sardes 594 ('ΕΠΙ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΟΥ ...')