RPC VI, 4702


Image of specimen #8

Coin type
URI	https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/6/4702 json ttl rdf xml epidoc
Volume	VI
Number	4702 (temporary)
Province	Asia
Subprovince	Conventus of Smyrna
Region	Ionia
City	Erythrae
Reign	Elagabalus
Person (obv.)	Elagabalus (Augustus)
Magistrate	Aurelius Nikon II (strategos)
Obverse inscription	ΑΥ Κ Μ ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ
Edition	Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) 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	ΕΠ ϹΤΡ ΑΥΡ ΝΕΙΚΩΝΟϹ Β ΕΡΥΘΡΑΙΩΝ
Edition	ἐπ(ὶ) στρ(ατηγοῦ) Αὐρ(ηλίου) Νείκωνος βʹ Ἐρυθραίων
Translation	under the strategos Aurelius Nikon II, of the Erythraeans
Reverse design	front view of temple with four columns (with shield in pediment?), within which Heracles(?) standing facing, head right, holding spear(?) and club
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average diameter	35 mm
Average weight	21.41 g
Axis	6
Reference	SNG Glasgow 1654, SNG Leypold 641
Specimens	8 (6 in the core collections)

Number	Number	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	Note	More
1	1	P: 1328		35	21.09		Obv.: GIC 14 (Heracles, bearded bust r.) ; tooled?	Show
2	2	P: 1329		35	21.41		Obv.: GIC 14 (Heracles, bearded bust r.)	Show
3	3	B: F1873		36	23.45	6	Obv.: GIC 14 (Heracles, bearded bust r.)	Show
4	4	G	SNG 1654 = Hunterian II, 345, 14	36	21.80	6	Obv.: GIC 14 (Heracles, bearded bust r.) ; Countermark described as head of Pupienus	Show
5	5	Mu: 1873	SNG 424	33	15.92		Obv.: GIC 14 (Heracles, bearded bust r.)	Show
6	6	V: GR 17379	Kraft 2, 14	36	21.76		Obv.: GIC 14 (Heracles, bearded bust r.)	Show
7	7		Lindgren I, 494	36	21.73		Obv.: GIC 14 (Heracles, bearded bust r.)	Show
8	8 ✸	V-ON	SNG Leypold 641	35	24.10	6		Show