RPC VI, 7976 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #7

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 7976 (temporary)
Province Syria Coele
Region Commagene
City Samosata
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Elagabalus (Augustus)
Issue Group 1
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΥ ΑΝΤωΝΙΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐ(ρήλιος) Ἀντωνῖνος Σεβ(αστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΜΗΤΡ(ΟΠ) ΚΟΜΜ(Α) Φ ϹΑΜΟϹΑΤΕωΝ
Edition μητροπ(όλεως) Κομμα(γηνῶν) Φ(λαουίων) Σαμοσατέων
Translation of the metropolis of Commagenian Flavian Samosatans
Reverse design Tyche of the City seated on rock, left, holding eagle and corn ears; below, river god swimming, left, looking back
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 12.39 g
Axis 4, 5, 8
Reference CRS 26.2
Specimens 8 (6 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1895,0105.4 BMC 35 (as Caracalla) = CRS 26.2
2 2     P: AA.GR.19006
3 3     P: 1104
4 4     O
5 5     O
6 6     V: GR 32128
7 7     ✸ CGT coll.
8 8     Pandora Numismatics 8, 6 Oct. 2024, lot 712