RPC VI, 5429 (temporary)

 

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 5429 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Cibyra
Region Phrygia
City Hierapolis
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Elagabalus (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥ Κ Μ ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Ἀντωνεῖνος Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Ἀντωνεῖνος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
Obverse design laureate bust of Elagabalus, right, wearing decorated cuirass and aegis, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΙΕΡΑΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ
Edition Ἰεραπολειτῶν νεωκόρων Ἰεραπολειτῶν νεωκόρων
Translation of the Hierapolitans, neocorate
Reverse design Hades driving quadriga, right, looking back, holding sceptre and Persephone
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 38 mm
Average weight 26.51 g
Axis 6
Reference Johnston, Hierapolis 12–3
Specimens 5 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: 1862/28467 Johnston, Hierapolis 13.1
2 2     Cop: 461 (as Caracalla) = Johnston, Hierapolis 12
3 3     Gorny & Mosch 196, 7 Mar. 2011, lot 2140
5 5     CNG EA 558, 20 Mar. 2024, lot 329 (cleaned, and losing the cmk) = Numismatik Naumann 53, 7 May 2017, lot 528
6 6     CNG EA 563, 5 June 2024, lot 473 = Naumann 85, 5 Jan. 2020, lot 318