RPC VI, 4897 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 4897 (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
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτορ) 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 Α ΕΦΕϹΙΩΝ Δ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ, ΟΙΚΟΥΜΕΝΙΚΟΙ, ΕΦΕСΗΑ, ΟΛΥΜΠΙΑ
Edition αʹ Ἐφεσίων δʹ νεωκόρων οἰκουμενικοὶ Ἐφέσηα Ὀλύμπια
Translation of the Ephesians, first(?), four times neocorate, the universal (games), the Ephesia, Olympia
Reverse design two inscribed agonistic crowns with one palm branch each on an inscribed table
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Average weight 10.58 g
Axis 6
Reference Karwiese 656
Specimens 7 (4 in the core collections)
Note Inscriptions on table and prizes is only legible on specimen 2; 1, 3, 4 are very worn, the others cannot be checked

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1899,0401.59 Karwiese 656.2
2 2     ✸ L: 1903,0604.5 Kraft 12, 26b = Karwiese 656.5
3 3     C: CM.LK.1679-R Karwiese 656.6
4 4     Cop: 446 Karwiese 656.4
5 5     Istanbul: 6332 Karwiese 656.1
6 6     Istanbul: 6333 Karwiese 656.3
7 7     Karwiese 656.7 = Hess 1907, 388