RPC VI, 5111 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #4

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 5111 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Miletus
Region Ionia
City Magnesia ad Maeandrum
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Elagabalus (Augustus)
Magistrate Marcus Aurelius Aristolaos (grammateus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ Μ ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Ἀντωνεῖνος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ΓΡ Μ ΑΥΡ ΑΡΙϹΤΟΛΑΟΥ ΜΑΓΝΗΤΩΝ
Edition ἐπὶ γρ(αμματέως) Μ(άρκου) Αὐρ(ηλίου) Ἀριστολάου Μαγνήτων
Translation under the grammateus Marcus Aurelius Aristolaos, of the Magnetes
Reverse design Demeter riding a biga of serpents, right, holding torch in each hand
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 37 mm
Average weight 20.26 g
Axis 6
Reference Schultz 161 (as Caracalla)
Specimens 4 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: 7982/1847 Schultz 161
2 2     SNG Tatiş199 (as Caracalla)
3 3     Peus 366, 29 Oct. 2000, lot 641 = Hirsch 343, 26 Sept. 2018, lot 2731
4 4     ✸ V-ON SNG Leypold 657 (as Caracalla)