RPC VI, 4664 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 4664 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Smyrna
Region Ionia
City Smyrna
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Elagabalus (Augustus)
Magistrate Aelius Apollonios the Young (strategos)
Obverse inscription Α Κ Μ ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ
Edition Α(ὐτοκράτωρ) 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 ϹΜΥΡΝΑΙΩΝ Γ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ ΠΡΩΤΩΝ ΑϹΙΑϹ ΕΠΙ ϹΤΡ ΑΙΛ ΑΠΟΛΛΩΝΙΟΥ Ν
Edition Σμυρναίων γʹ νεωκόρων πρώτων Ἀσίας ἐπὶ στρ(ατηγοῦ) Αἰλ(ίου) Ἀπολλωνίου ν(έου)
Translation of the Smyrnaeans, three times neocorate, first in Asia, under the strategos Aelius Apollonios the Young
Reverse design front view of temple with four columns within which statue of Rome, left, between two temples seen in three-quarter view
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 37 mm
Average weight 20.71 g
Axis 5, 6
Reference Klose 1
Specimens 4 (3 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1979,0101.1793 Klose 1.2 = vA 2224 = Kraft 2, 13b = Burrell 51, 12c
2 2     P: 2689 Klose 1.3 = Burrell 51, 12a
3 3     P: 2716 Klose 1.1 = Burrell 51, 12b
4 4     Freiburg: 12628