RPC VI, 5653 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #5

 

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
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΔΙΟΝΥϹΟΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ ΤΟ Ο
Reverse design Tyche standing facing, head left, wearing kalathos, holding cornucopia and rudder
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Axis 6
Reference vA Phryg. 150–2
Specimens 6 (4 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number 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.