RPC VI, 5101 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 5101 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Miletus
Region Ionia
City Magnesia ad Maeandrum
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Elagabalus (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΜΑΓΝΗΤΩΝ
Reverse design Dionysus standing facing, head left, holding long thyrsus and cantharus over panther, left
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 23 mm
Axis 6
Reference Schultz 194 (as Caracalla)
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ V Schultz 194.1
2 2     Schultz 194.2 = Schulman, June 1969, 1545