RPC VI, 875 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #6

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 875 (temporary)
Province Thrace
Region Thrace
City Byzantium
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Elagabalus (Augustus)
Magistrate Marcus Aurelius Tatianos (heros)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ ΑΥΓ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Ἀντωνῖνος Αὔγ(ουστος)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ΑΥΡ ΤΑΤΙΑΝΟΥ ΗΡ ΒΥΖΑΝΤΙΩΝ
Edition ἐπὶ Αὐρ(ηλίου) Τατιανοῦ ἥρ(ωος) Βυζαντίων
Translation under Aurelius Tatianos, hero of the Byzantines
Reverse design Nike standing, left, holding palm branch and wreath; at ther feet, Corinthian helmet on cippus
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 30 mm
Average weight 12.84 g
Axis 6
Reference Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion 1651
Specimens 6 (4 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     V: GR 8524 Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion 1651.4 = Mi S. II, 264, 366
2 2     B: I-B1900 Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion 1651.2
3 3     A: 211 Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion 1651.1
4 4     L: 1958,0304.160 Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion 1651.3
5 5     P: 1972.828
6 6     ✸ Bucephalus Black Auction 2, 4 July 2022, lot 859