RPC VI, 5653 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 5653 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Apamea
Region Phrygia
City Dionysopolis
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Elagabalus (Augustus)
Issue Year Ο = 70
Dating AD 221/2
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Μ ΑΥ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Ἀντωνεῖνος Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐ(ρήλιος) Ἀντωνεῖνος
Translation Emperor Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΔΙΟΝΥϹΟΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ ΤΟ Ο
Edition Διονυσοπολειτῶν τὸ οʹ Διονυσοπολειτῶν τὸ οʹ
Translation of the Dionysopolitans, year 70
Reverse design Tyche standing facing, head left, wearing kalathos, holding cornucopia and rudder
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 6.75 g
Axis 6
Reference vA Phryg. 150–2
Specimens 7 (4 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1874,0716.152 BMC 25 = vA Phryg. 150
2 2     B: I-B1900 KM 220, 10.1 = vA Phryg. 152
3 3     Mu: 2 SNG 175 = KM 220, 10.2
4 4     V: GR 24705 vA Phryg. 151
5 5     ✸ Leu EA 19, 26 Feb. 2022, lot 2181
6 6     priv Coll H.I.
7 7     Rex Numismatics 27, 27 Sept. 2025, lot 343