RPC VI, 7897 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 7897 (temporary)
Province Mesopotamia
Region Mesopotamia
City Rhesaena
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Elagabalus (Augustus)
Obverse inscription Α Κ Μ ΑΝΤωΝΕΙΝΟϹ
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΡΗϹΑΙΝΗϹΙωΝ Γ
Reverse design river god(?) seated, left, holding reed(?) and resting arm on vase from which water flows
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 20 mm
Axis 6, 12
Reference Castelin 19 (as Caracalla)
Specimens 7 (3 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ NY: 1971.193
2 2     M&M Deutschland 20, 10 Oct. 2006, lot 978
3 3     Private Coll. Paris
4 4     B Castelin 19a
5 5     P: 2168 Castelin 19b
6 6     Leeds-UL: 94
7 7     CGT coll.