RPC VI, 4875 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 4875 (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 ΠΡΩΤΩΝ ΑϹΙΑϹ ΕΦΕϹΙΩΝ Δ ΝΕΩΚ
Edition πρώτων Ἀσίας Ἐφεσίων δʹ νεωκ(όρων)
Translation of the first of Asia, of the Ephesians, four times neocorate
Reverse design frontal view of two temples with two columns, above, and two temples with two columns seen in perspective, below, each holding cult-statue; the ones above having Artemis of Ephesus, to left, and the Emperor, to right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 35 mm
Average weight 20.76 g
Axis 6
Reference Karwiese 683
Specimens 7 (3 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1847,0820.27 BMC 305 = Karwiese 683.1
2 2     B: D1863 Karwiese 683.2
3 3     B: L1906 Karwiese 683.3
4 4     Helios Numismat 5, 25 June 2010, 25 June 2010, lot 712
5 5     Karwiese 683.4 = R. Hoppensteadt Coll. (Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co. 124, 16 Mar. 2007, lot 9326; ex Glednining XI, 1937, lot 54)
6 6     Naumann 91, 5 July 2020, lot 920
7 7     Solidus Numismatik 46, 22 Sept. 2019, lot 219