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
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus, right, with aegis, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΙΑ ΒΥΖΑΝΤΙΩΝ (or ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΙΑ ΒΥΖΑΝΤΙΩΝ) ϹΕΒΑϹΤΑ
Reverse design agonistic crown with one palm branch
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Axis 12
Reference Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion 1662–3
Specimens 4 (3 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number 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