RPC VI, 5115 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 5115 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Miletus
Region Ionia
City Magnesia ad Maeandrum
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Elagabalus (Augustus)
Magistrate Marcus Aurelius Hyllos, son of Epikrates (grammateus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ Μ ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ Γ Μ ΑΥΡ ΥΛΛΟΥ ΕΠΙΚΡΑΤΟΥϹ ΜΑΓΝΗΤΩΝ
Reverse design infant Dionysus kneeling on table facing, head left, below cysta from which serpent emerges; around him, three Chorybantes wearing helmet and short chiton, beating shields with their swords
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 37 mm
Axis 6
Reference Schultz 162 (as Caracalla)
Specimens 3 (3 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1920,0111.6 Schultz 162.2 = Weber 6011 = Hirsch XXI, 1908, 2878 (as Caracalla)
2 2     L: 1979,0101.1749 Schultz 162.3 = vA 2051
3 3     P: 1505 Schultz 162.1 = GM 121, 315, 33