RPC VI, 7714 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 7714 (temporary)
Province Mesopotamia
Region Mesopotamia
City Edessa
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Elagabalus (Augustus)
Issue ΥΠΑΤΟС ΤΟ Β
Dating 219
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ Α ϹΕΥ ΑΝΤωΝΕΙΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Α(ὐρήλιος) Σευ(ῆρος) Ἀντωνεῖνος Σεβ(αστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Severus Antoninus Augustus
Obverse design laureate head of Elagabalus, right, with drapery
Reverse inscription ΔΗΜΑΡΧ ΕΞ ΥΠΑΤΟϹ Τ(Ο) Β
Edition δημαρχ(ικῆς) ἐξ(ουσίας) ὕπατος τὸ β
Translation holder of the tribunitian power, consul for the second time
Reverse design eagle facing, head left, holding wreath in beak and spreading wings; small temple between legs
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 30 mm
Average weight 12.29 g
Axis 6, 12
Reference Bellinger 153–4, Prieur 1725–6
Specimens 3 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: I-B1900 Bellinger 154 = Prieur 1726
2 2     ✸ O Bellinger 153 = Prieur 1725 = CRS 117, 37.1
3 3     CNG EA 449, 31 July 2019, lot 365