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
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ΑΥΡ ΤΑΤΙΑΝΟΥ ΗΡ ΒΥΖΑΝΤΙΩΝ
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
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