RPC VI, 6377 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 6377 (temporary)
Province Lycia-Pamphylia
Region Pamphylia
City Side
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Elagabalus (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥ Κ Μ ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Ἀντωνεῖνος Σεβαστός Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Ἀντωνεῖνος Σεβ(αστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ϹΙΔΗΤΩΝ
Edition Σιδητῶν Σιδητῶν
Translation of the Sidetans
Reverse design front view of a temple with two columns (pomegranate in pediment), within which Athena seated left, holding Nike and spear
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Average weight 21.15 g
Axis 6, 7
Reference Watson 107
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)
Note Nike has a palm branch over her shoulder, and is holding out a bulbous object (a pomegranate?)
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ C: Mossop
2 2     CGT coll., ex Agora Sale 42, 6 Oct. 2015, lot 71 ('Caracalla') ex Lindgren coll.
3 3     Nomos obolos 13, 2 July 2019, lot 561