RPC VI, 5511 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 5511 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Cibyra
Region Phrygia
City Laodicea ad Lycum
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Elagabalus (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΥ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ [ ]
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Ἀντωνεῖνος --- Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐ(ρήλιος) Ἀντωνεῖνος [---]
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus [---]
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΛΑΟΔΙΚΕΩΝ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ
Edition Λαοδικέων νεωκόρων Λαοδικέων νεωκόρων
Translation of the Laodiceans, neοcorate
Reverse design winged Eros reclining, left, resting on a rock next to his bow and holding an arrow(?); to left, torch
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 6.30 g
Axis 6
Reference KM 275,55
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)
Note There seems to be an additional letter at the end of the obv., but it does not look much like Ϲ (for ϹƐΒ) or Α (for ΑΥΓ).
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: I-B1900 KM 275, 55
2 2     ✸ FJ coll., ex Leu WA 28, 9–14 Dec. 2023, lot 2311 = Lydia Numismatics 11, 2 Oct. 2021, lot 704