RPC VI, 7977 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #7

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 7977 (temporary)
Province Syria Coele
Region Commagene
City Samosata
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Elagabalus (Augustus)
Issue Group 1
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΥ ΑΝΤωΝΙΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Ἀντωνῖνος Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐ(ρήλιος) Ἀντωνῖνος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΜΗΤΡΟ ΚΟΜΜΑ Φ ϹΑΜΟϹΑΤΕωΝ
Edition μητροπόλεως Κομμαγηνῶν Φλαουίων Σαμοσατέων μητρο(πόλεως) Κομμα(γηνῶν) Φ(λαουίων) Σαμοσατέων
Translation of the metropolis of Commagenian Flavian Samosatans
Reverse design facing turreted and draped busts of two Tychai; between them, eagle facing, head right, spreading wings
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 21 mm
Average weight 6.53 g
Axis 11
Reference CRS 27.2
Specimens 7 (4 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: G.5258 BMC 33 (as Caracalla) = CRS 27.2
2 2     L: 1844,0425.539 BMC 34 (as Caracalla)
3 3     P: 1105
4 4     P: 1483
5 5     Missere 685
6 6     Savoca 19, 10 Dec. 2017, lot 226
7 7     ✸ Numismatik Naumann 149, 2 Feb. 2025, lot 443