RPC VI, 4560 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 4560 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Sardis
Region Lydia
City Sala
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Elagabalus (Augustus)
Magistrate Diophantes (archon for the second time)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ
Obverse design laureate bust of Elagabalus, right, wearing cuirass decorated with Gorgoneion, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ΔΙΟΦΑΝΤΟΥ ϹΑΛΗΝΩΝ
Reverse design Zeus Lydios standing facing, head left, holding long sceptre and eagle
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Axis 6
Reference GRPCL 103-104
Specimens 10 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1923,1122.1
2 2     P: 1099.58 Wa 6465 (as Severus Alexander)
3 3     ✸ Gorny & Mosch 233, 6 Oct. 2015, lot 1994
4 4     V-ON SNG Leypold 1189
5 5     vA 3119
6 6     CGT coll. = Empire auction, 5 May 1985, lot 133
7 7     CGT coll. = Kairos Auction 3, 24 Feb. 2018, lot 345
8 8     Zeus Auction 18, 27 Jun. 2021, lot 310
9 9     Leu WA 28, 9–14 Dec. 2023, lot 2276 = Naumann 112, 2 Jan. 2022, lot 1264 = Naumann 107, 5 Sept. 2021, lot 1058
11 11     Auctiones GmbH e 34, 22 Feb. 2015, lot 48