RPC VI, 4868 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 4868 (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 ΑΥΓ
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 ΕΦΕϹΙΩΝ Δ ΝΕΩΚΟΡ Η ΠΡΩΤΗ ΠΑϹΩΝ ΚΑΙ ΜΕΓΙϹ
Edition Ἐφεσίων δʹ νεωκόρ(ων) ἡ πρώτη πάσων καὶ μεγίσ(τη)
Translation of the Ephesians, four times neocorate, the first of all and greatest
Reverse design four temples: frontal view of two with two columns between two 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 36 mm
Average weight 20.65 g
Reference Karwiese 681
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 899 Karwiese 681.2
2 2     Karwiese 681.1 = Den Haag 5727