RPC VI, 497 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 497 (temporary)
Province Thrace
Region Thrace
City Philippopolis
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Elagabalus (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΥΡΗΛIOϹ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus, left, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕΩϹ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΠΟΛΕΩϹ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΟΥ
Reverse design sacrifice scene before temple with eight columns containing a statue of Apollo Kendrisios (holding bow and branch?); Elagabalus standing, left, in military dress, holding spear and patera over flaming altar; behind him, a priest; to left, a flute player, a cult attendant holding a long staff and a victimarius slaying a bull
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 38 mm
Axis 4
Reference Varbanov, Philippopolis XVII.6
Specimens 5 (0 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Gorny & Mosch 233, 6 Oct. 2015, lot 1883
2 2     Leu EA 2, 3 Dec. 2017, lot 371
3 3     Münzzentrum Rheinland 183, 17 Jan. 2018, lot 276
4 4 –5     see Varbanov