RPC VI, 496 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 496 (temporary)
Province Thrace
Region Thrace
City Philippopolis
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Elagabalus (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΥΡΗΛ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ
Obverse design laureate bust of Elagabalus, r., wearing cuirass with Gorgon's head, and aegis, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕΩϹ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΠΟΛΕΩϹ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΟΥ
Reverse design Hygieia standing facing, head r., feeding serpent and facing Asclepius standing facing, head l., resting on serpent staff; between, small figure of Telesphorus
Metal Æ
Average weight 40.00 g
Reference Varbanov, Philippopolis XVII.2
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