RPC VI, 7979 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #5

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 7979 (temporary)
Province Syria Coele
Region Commagene
City Samosata
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Elagabalus (Augustus)
Issue Group 1
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΥ ΑΝΤωΝΙΝΟϹ Ϲ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Ἀντωνῖνος Σεβαστός Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐ(ρήλιος) Ἀντωνῖνος Σ(εβαστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus
Obverse design laureate head of Elagabalus, right, with drapery
Reverse inscription ΜΗΤΡ Κ(ΟΜΜ) Φ ϹΑΜΟϹΑΤΕωΝ
Edition μητροπόλεως Κομμαγηνῶν Φλαουίων Σαμοσατέων μητρ(οπόλεως) Κομμ(αγηνῶν) Φ(λαουίων) Σαμοσατέων
Translation of the metropolis of Commagenian Flavian Samosatans
Reverse design turreted and draped bust of Tyche, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 19 mm
Average weight 3.30 g
Axis 3, 6, 11
Reference CRS 28
Specimens 6 (3 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: G.5260 BMC 37
2 2     P: 1490
3 3     V: GR 20874
4 4     CGT coll.
5 5     ✸ Hirsch 343, 26 Sept. 2018, lot 2737
6 6     CGT coll.