RPC VI, 7896


Image of specimen #2

Coin type
URI	https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/6/7896 json ttl rdf xml
Volume	VI
Number	7896 (temporary)
Province	Mesopotamia
Region	Mesopotamia
City	Rhesaena
Reign	Elagabalus
Person (obv.)	Elagabalus (Augustus)
Obverse inscription	ΑΥ Α [...?] ΑΝΤ[...]ΝΟϹ
Obverse design	laureate head of Elagabalus, left (holding shield?)
Reverse inscription	ΡΗϹΑΙΝΗϹωII (retrograde Ρ) LEG I[...]
Reverse design	Tyche of the City seated on rock, left, holding eagle looking, right
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average diameter	23 mm
Average weight	8.86 g
Axis	12
Reference	Castellin 31
Specimens	6 (2 in the core collections)

Number	Number	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	Note	More
1	1	Milan: M989/04/208		24	6.61		uncertain obverse bust	Show
2	2 ✸			26			overstruck(?)	Show
3	3	L: 1889,0904.46	BMC 7 = Castellin 31	25	9.18	12		Show
4	4	P: 1110		25	7.99		overstruck; rev. legend: [...]NΑΝΗϹIⲰ(?) II (retrograde N)	Show
5	5	Leeds-UL: 104		26.5	9.24	12	struck over a coin of Carrhae of Elagabalus?	Show
6	6		Nummitra 37, 27 Oct. 2024, lot 211	11.3	11.29			Show