RPC VI, 7978 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 7978 (temporary)
Province Syria Coele
Region Commagene
City Samosata
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Elagabalus (Augustus)
Issue Group 1
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΥ ΑΝΤωΝΙΝΟϹ
Obverse design laureate head of Elagabalus, right, with drapery
Reverse inscription ΜΗΤΡΟ ΚΟΜΜΑΓΗΝ Φ ϹΑΜΟϹΑΤΕωΝ
Reverse design facing turreted and draped busts of two Tychai; between them, eagle facing, head right, spreading wings
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 22 mm
Axis 4, 5, 6, 11
Reference CRS 27.1
Specimens 17 (12 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMC 36 = CRS 27.1
2 2     P: 1486
3 3     P: AA.GR.26514
4 4     P: 1484
5 5     P: 1487
6 6     P: 1489
7 7     P: 1488
8 8     P: 1103
9 9     P: 1485
10 10     G SNG 2605 = Hunterian III, 129, 26 (as Caracalla)
11 11     G SNG 2606 = Hunterian III, 129, 27 (as Caracalla)
12 12     V: GR 20868
13 13     CGT coll.
14 14     ✸ CNG EA 168, 11 July 2007, lot 166
15 15     CNG EA 411, 13 Dec. 2017, lot 311
16 16     Stephen Album Rare Coins 27, 19 Jan. 2017, lot 47
17 17     CGT coll.