RPC VI, 6615 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 6615 (temporary)
Province Galatia
Region Pontus
City Trapezus
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Elagabalus (Augustus)
Issue ƐΤ ΡΝƐ = 155
Dating 218/219
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ ΜΑΡ ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Μᾶρ(κος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Ἀντωνῖνος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΤΡΑΠΕΖΟΥΝΤΙωΝ (sometimes, retrograde Ζ) ΕΤ ΡΝΕ
Edition Τραπεζουντίων ἔτ(ους) ρνεʹ
Translation of the Trapezuntians, of year 155
Reverse design Dionysus standing facing in long chiton, head left, holding long thyrsus and cantharus; to left, panther
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Average weight 15.07 g
Axis 6, 8
Reference Wojan, Trapezonte 57
Specimens 3 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1974,0102.25 Wojan, Trapezonte 57a
2 2     P: 1399 SNG 1945 = Wojan, Trapezonte 57b
3 3     Wojan, Trapezonte 57c = Peus 366, 29 Oct. 2000, lot 542 (part)