RPC VI, 880 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 880 (temporary)
Province Thrace
Region Thrace
City Byzantium
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Elagabalus (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ ΑΥΓ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Ἀντωνεῖνος Αὔγουστος Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Ἀντωνεῖνος Αὔγ(ουστος)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus, right, with aegis, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΙΑ ΒΥΖΑΝΤΙΩΝ (or ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΙΑ ΒΥΖΑΝΤΙΩΝ) ϹΕΒΑϹΤΑ
Edition Ἀντωνινία Βυζαντίων Σεβαστά Ἀντωνινία Βυζαντίων Σεβαστά
Translation the Antonine Sebastan (games), of the Byzantines
Reverse design agonistic crown with one palm branch
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Average weight 16.85 g
Axis 12
Reference Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion 1662–3
Specimens 4 (3 in the core collections)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: 18235861, 1906 Löbbecke Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion 1662.1
2 2     B: I-B1900 Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion 1663
3 3     ✸ V: GR 8525 Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion 1662.2 = Mi S. II, 264, 368
4 4     Wildwinds