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Image of specimen #1 |
URI | https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/6/6624 json ttl rdf xml epidoc |
Volume | VI |
Number | 6624 (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 ΑΥ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ |
Edition | Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐ(ρήλιος) Ἀντωνῖνος |
Translation | Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus |
Obverse design | laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus, right, seen from rear |
Reverse inscription | ΤΡΑΠΕΖΟΥΝΤΙωΝ ΕΤ ΡΝϚ |
Edition | Τραπεζουτῶν ἔτ(ους) ρνϛʹ |
Translation | of the Trapezuntians, of year 156 |
Reverse design | Mithras on horseback advancing, right; to right, altar |
Metal | copper-based alloy |
Average diameter | 29 mm |
Average weight | 9.83 g |
Axis | 5, 6 |
Reference | Wojan, Trapezonte 72–3 |
Specimens | 4 (1 in the core collections) |
Note | Date not clear. Wojan suggested year 156, but the new coin indicates 155. |