RPC VI, 4867 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #7

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 4867 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Ephesus
Region Ionia
City Ephesus
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Elagabalus (Augustus)
Issue Fourth neocorate
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Ἀντωνεῖνος Σεβ(αστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΔΟΓΜΑΤΙ ϹΥΝΚΛΗΤΟΥ ΕΦΕϹΙΩΝ ΟΥΤΟΙ ΝΑΟΙ
Edition δογματὶ Συγκλήτου Ἐφεσίων οὗτοι ναοί
Translation by decree of the Senate, of the Ephesians, these temples
Reverse design frontal view of two temples with two columns between two temples with two columns seen in perspective, each holding cult-statue; the central ones having Artemis of Ephesus, to left, and the Emperor, to right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 35 mm
Average weight 20.14 g
Axis 6
Reference Karwiese 680
Specimens 10 (3 in the core collections)
Note Die-linked with coins recording the fourth neocorate.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1844,0426.1092 BMC 306 = Kraft 13, 27 = Karwiese 680.2
2 2     V: GR 29867 Karwiese 680.4
3 3     Vat: 70 Karwiese 680.6
4 4     V-Universität: 7170 Karwiese 680.1
5 5     Karwiese 680.3 = CNG 53, 1085
6 6     Karwiese 680.5 = Hübl 3244
7 7     ✸ Numismatik Naumann 58, 1 Oct. 2017, lot 275
8 8     O
9 9     Naumann 82, 6 Oct. 2019, lot 241
10 10     CNG EA 518, 15 June 2022, lot 334