RPC VI, 5097 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 5097 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Miletus
Region Ionia
City Magnesia ad Maeandrum
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Elagabalus (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ Μ ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΜΑΓΝΗΤΩΝ ΛΕΥΚΟΦΡΥΗΝΗ
Reverse design Artemis Leukophryene standing, facing, wearing kalathos, having supports, being crowned by two Nikai flying on both sides; at feet, two eagles, each with wings spread
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Axis 6
Reference Schultz 171 (as Caracalla)
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Mu SNG 621 (as Caracalla) = Schultz 171
2 2     ✸ Peus 384, 2 Nov. 2005, lot 842