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
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Ἀντωνεῖνος Α(ὐτοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀντωνεῖνος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Antoninus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΡΗϹΑΙΝΗϹΙωΝ Γ
Edition Ῥησαηνισίων γʹ Ῥησαηνισίων γʹ
Translation of the Rhesaeans, 3
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
Average weight 6.93 g
Axis 6, 9, 12
Reference Castelin 19 (as Caracalla)
Specimens 10 (3 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen 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.
8 8     C. Jackson-Jacobs coll. = CNG EA 548, 18 Oct. 2023, lot 1115 (part), ex M. Slavin coll.
9 9     CNG EA 591, 16 July 2025, lot 505
10 10     CGT coll. = CNG 319, 29 Jan. 2014, lot 259