RPC VI, 4893 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 4893 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Ephesus
Region Ionia
City Ephesus
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Elagabalus (Augustus)
Issue Neocorate not stated
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Ἀντωνεῖνος Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) 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 ΕΦΕϹΙΩΝ ΠΡΩΤΩΝ ΑϹΙΑϹ
Edition Ἐφεσίων πρώτων Ἀσίας Ἐφεσίων πρώτων Ἀσίας
Translation of the Ephesians, first of Asia
Reverse design Artemis standing facing, head right, drawing arrow from quiver at shoulder, holding bow; behind, to right, tree; at her feet, to left, deer, left, looking back
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Average weight 12.92 g
Axis 6, 12
Reference Karwiese 647
Specimens 6 (4 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: BMC 299 BMC 299 = Karwiese 647.2
2 2     ✸ B: 743/1920 Karwiese 647.1
3 3     B: L1906
4 4     NY: 1948.163.1
5 5     V-Universität: Eph36/78 (hanghaus 2) Karwiese 647.3
6 6     Naumann 96, 1 Nov. 2020, lot 338 = Gorny & Mosch EA 271, 29 May 2020, lot 487