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Image of specimen #7 |
URI | https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/6/504 json ttl rdf xml epidoc |
Volume | VI |
Number | 504 (temporary) |
Province | Thrace |
Region | Thrace |
City | Philippopolis |
Reign | Elagabalus |
Person (obv.) | Elagabalus (Augustus) |
Obverse inscription | ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΥΡΗΛ(ΙΟϹ) ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ |
Edition | Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρήλιος Ἀντωνεῖνος Σεβ(αστὸς) |
Translation | Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus |
Obverse design | radiate and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus, right, seen from rear |
Reverse inscription | ΚΕΝΔΡΕΙϹΕΙΑ ΠΥΘΙΑ ΕΝ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΠΟΛΙ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩ |
Edition | Κενδρεισεια Πύθια ἐν Φιλιπποπόλι νεωκόρῳ |
Translation | Kendrisian Pythia, in neocorate Philippopolis |
Reverse design | prize table holding agonistic crown with five apples (or two palm branches); below, jug (with or without one or two palm branches); (to right, palm branch below table) |
Metal | copper-based alloy |
Average diameter | 36 mm |
Average weight | 24.47 g |
Axis | 6, 7 |
Reference | Varbanov, Philippopolis XVII.10 |
Specimens | 20 (3 in the core collections) |
Note | ΠΥΘΙΑ is sometimes inscribed on the crown |