RPC VI, 51 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #11

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 51 (temporary)
Province Macedonia
Region Macedonia
City Dium
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Elagabalus (Augustus)
Obverse inscription IMP C M AV(R) ANTONINVS PI(V)(M)
Edition Imp(erator) C(aesar) M(arcus) Aur(elius) Antoninus Piu{m}<s>
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Pius
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription COL IVL DIENSIS, D D
Edition col(onia) Iul(ia) Diensis d(ecreto) d(ecurionum)
Translation the Julian colony of Dium, by decree of the decurions
Reverse design Zeus standing left, holding patera and long sceptre; to left, eagle
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 9.24 g
Axis 2, 6, 7, 12
Reference Kremydi-Sicilianou 218–19, 5-7 and 221, 16–18
Specimens 13 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Varopidis coll.
2 2     Dion: 6848
3 3     P: 682
4 4     Kavala
5 5     Pagoulatos coll.
6 6     Dion: 6460
7 7     Kavala
8 8     Dion: 3138
9 9     Thessaloniki
10 10     Thessaloniki
11 11     ✸ Helios 5, 25 June 2010, lot 586 = Münzzentrum Köln 66, 26 Apr. 1989, lot 172
12 12     Lindgren II, 1063
13 13     CGT coll.