RPC VI, 5692 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #5

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 5692 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Apamea
Region Phrygia
City Apamea
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Elagabalus (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΥ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΝΟϹ (sic)
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐ(ρηλίος) Ἀντωνε<ῖ>νος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
Obverse design laureate and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΑΠΑΜΕΩΝ
Edition Ἀπαμέων
Translation of the Apameans
Reverse design Marsyas seated nude, left, holding cornucopia and double flute
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 20 mm
Average weight 3.63 g
Axis 6, 12
Reference Mairat 39
Specimens 10 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 530 Wa 5728 = Mairat 39.1
2 2     V: GR 33659 Mairat 39.2
3 3     V-ON Mairat 39.3 = SNG Leypold 1462
4 4     Mairat 39.4 = vA 3505 (as Caracalla)
5 5     ✸ Numismatik Naumann 45, Aug. 2016, 673
6 6     Tom Vossen Vcoins
7 7     CGT coll. = Saint Paul 8, 9 July 2017, lot 317
8 8     CGT coll.
9 9     Aquila Numismatics 8, 14 Jan. 2023, lot 262
10 10     Savoca Coins Blue 165th Blue, 27–28 May 2023, lot 748