RPC VI, 592 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 592 (temporary)
Province Thrace
Region Thrace
City Philippopolis
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Elagabalus (Augustus)
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 head of Elagabalus, right
Reverse inscription ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ
Edition Φιλιπποπολειτῶν νεωκόρων
Translation of the Philippopolitans, neocorate
Reverse design Dionysus standing facing, head left, holding long thyrsus and bunch of grapes
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 18 mm
Average weight 3.89 g
Axis 12
Reference Varbanov, Philippopolis XVII.23.1.1
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: L.2143
2 2     CGT coll.
3 3     VAuctions 282, 31 May 2012, lot 131