RPC VI, 4665 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 4665 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Smyrna
Region Ionia
City Smyrna
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Elagabalus (Augustus)
Magistrate Gaius Claudius Diogenes (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 Γ Κ ΔΙΟΓΕΝΟΥϹ
Edition Σμυρναίων γʹ νεωκόρων πρώτων Ἀσίας ἐπὶ στρ(ατηγοῦ) Γ(αΐου) Κ(λαυδίου) Διογένους
Translation of the Smyrnaeans, thrice neocorate, first of Asia, under strategos Gaius Claudius Diogenes
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 36 mm
Average weight 20.13 g
Axis 10, 11, 12
Reference Klose 2
Specimens 4 (4 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ B: 874/1877 Klose 2.3 = Burrell 51, 12e
2 2     B: I-B1900 Klose 2.4 = Burrell 51, 12d
3 3     Mu: 413 Klose 2.2
4 4     NY: 1944.100.47081 Klose 2.1 = Burrell 51, 12f