RPC VI, 6623 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #4

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 6623 (temporary)
Province Galatia
Region Pontus
City Trapezus
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Elagabalus (Augustus)
Issue ƐΤ ΡΝƐ = 155
Dating 218/219
Obverse inscription ΑΥ Κ Μ ΑΥΡ (or ΑΥ) ΑΝΤωΝΙΝΟϹ (or ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ)
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) 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 ΡΝϚ
Edition Τραπεζουτῶν ἔτ(ους) ρνϛʹ
Translation of the Trapezuntians, of year 156
Reverse design Homonoia(?) seated on throne, left, wearing kalathos, holding patera and cornucopia
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Average weight 11.79 g
Axis 1, 6, 7, 11
Reference Wojan, Trapezonte 66–70, Rec 28 (as Tyche)
Specimens 7 (4 in the core collections)
Note Date not clear. Wojan suggested year 156. The obv. die link marginally suggests 155.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 1400 SNG 1947 = Wojan, Trapezonte 66b
2 2     P: 458 SNG 1946 = Rec 28 = Wojan, Trapezonte 66a
3 3     P: 459 SNG 1948 = Wojan, Trapezonte 70
4 4     ✸ NY: 1944.100.41446 Wojan, Trapezonte 68
5 5     V-ON SNG Leypold 63 = Rec 28 = Wojan, Trapezonte 67
6 6     Wojan, Trapezonte 69 (Trabzon, 1485)
7 7     https://www.aeqvitas.com/elag56.jpg, ex Lindgren