RPC VI, 5073 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 5073 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Ephesus
Region Lydia
City Tralles
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Elagabalus (Augustus)
Magistrate Aurelius Menekrates, son of Eutychides (grammateus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Ἀντωνεῖνος Σεβ(αστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΓΡ ΑΥΡ ΜΕΝΕΚΡΑΤΟΥϹ ΕΥΤΥΧΙΔΟΥ, ΤΡΑΛΛΙΑΝΩΝ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ ΤΩΝ ϹΕΒΑϹΤΩΝ, ΟΛΥΜΠΙΑ, ΑΥΓΟΥСΤΕΙΑ, ΠΥΘΙΑ
Edition γρ(αμματέως) Αὐρ(ηλίου) Μενεκράτους Εὐτυχίδου Τραλλιανῶν νεωκόρων τῶν Σεβαστῶν Ὀλυμπία Αὐγούστεια Πύθια
Translation of the grammateus Aurelius Menekrates, son of Eutychides, of the Trallians, neocorate, of the Augusti, the Olympia, the Augusteia, the Pythia
Reverse design agonistic table on which three inscribed wreaths
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 35 mm
Average weight 22.64 g
Axis 6
Reference Burrell 131,5, GRPCL 300 corr.
Specimens 3 (3 in the core collections)
Note Elagabalus (Burrell).

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 1699 Mi IV, 190 = Burrell 131, 5a corr.
2 2     B: F1873 Kraft 13, 27b = Burrell 131, 5c
3 3     ✸ V: GR 19682 Burrell 131, 5b