RPC VI, 5680 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 5680 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Apamea
Region Phrygia
City Sebaste
Reign Uncertain
Issue Senate
Dating Elagabalus–Severus Alexander
Obverse inscription ΙΕΡΑ ϹΥΝΚΛΗΤΟϹ
Edition Ἱερὰ Σύνκλητος
Translation Sacred Senate
Obverse design diademed and draped bust of the Senate, right
Reverse inscription ϹΕΒΑϹΤΗΝΩΝ (sometimes ΩΝ retrograde)
Edition Σεβαστηνῶν
Translation of the Sebastans
Reverse design emperor riding horse galloping, right, about to spear enemy below
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 5.49 g
Axis 5, 6
Reference SNG Leypold 1731
Specimens 11 (6 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1870,0502.23 BMC 16
2 2     L: 1874,0716.212 BMC 15
3 3     ✸ P: 5107
4 4     Cop: 676
5 5     NY: 1944.100.50568
6 6     Harvard: 1981.74.155
7 7     GRMK 166, 4
8 8     V-ON SNG Leypold 1731
9 9     O
10 10     CGT coll.
11 11     Naumann 107, 5 Sept. 2021, lot 1118