RPC VI, 6624 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
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. 

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