RPC VI, 5105 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 5105 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Miletus
Region Ionia
City Magnesia ad Maeandrum
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Elagabalus (Augustus)
Obverse inscription 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 18 mm
Axis 6
Reference Schultz 226
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 1513 Schultz 226.1
2 2     A Schultz 226.2
3 3     CGT coll. = Naville Numismatics 14, 26 Feb. 2017, lot 231 (as Caracalla)