RPC VI, 5694 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 5694 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Apamea
Region Phrygia
City Apamea
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Elagabalus (Augustus)
Magistrate Lucius Ma— Severus (grammateus for the second time)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτορ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Ἀντωνεῖνος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
Obverse design laureate and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ Λ ΜΑ ϹΕΥ ΓΡΑΜ ΤΟ Β ΑΠΑΜΕΩΝ
Edition ἐπὶ Λ(ουκίου) Μα(—) Σευ(ήρου) γραμ(ματέως) τὸ βʹ Ἀπαμέων
Translation under Lucius Ma— Severus, grammateus for the second time, of the Apameans
Reverse design Zeus seated on throne, left, holding Nike and long sceptre
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 30 mm
Average weight 11.39 g
Axis 6, 12
Reference Mairat 28
Specimens 5 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1902,1002.42 BMC 170 (as Caracalla) = Mairat 28
3 3     CGT coll.
4 4     CGT coll. = Lydia EA 11, 2 Oct. 2021, lot 1803
5 5     N & N 3, 6 May 2022, lot 3
6 6     SPQR Collection 4, 28–29 Nov. 2024, lot 673