RPC VI, 6619 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 6619 (temporary)
Province Galatia
Region Pontus
City Trapezus
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Elagabalus (Augustus)
Issue ƐΤ ΡΝƐ = 155
Dating 218/219
Obverse inscription [...] ΜΑΡ ΑΥΤ(?) [...]
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΤΡΑΠΕΖΟΥΝΤΙωΝ ΕΤ ΡΝΕ
Edition Τραπεζουντίων ἔτ(ους) ρνεʹ
Translation of the Trapezuntians, of year 155
Reverse design Mithras on horseback advancing, right; to right, altar; to left, tree
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 32 mm
Average weight 17.05 g
Axis 7, 12
Reference Wojan, Trapezonte 53 and 55
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)
Note For Wojan 54, see https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/51559 (Alexander).

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1979,0101.1203 Wojan, Trapezonte 53
2 2     Istanbul: 1008/18 Wojan, Trapezonte 55