RPC VI, 881 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 881 (temporary)
Province Thrace
Region Thrace
City Byzantium
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Elagabalus (Augustus)
Obverse inscription Μ ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ ΑΥΓ
Edition Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Ἀντωνῖνος Αὔγ(ουστος)
Translation Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus
Obverse design radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus, right, with aegis, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΒΥΖΑΝΤΙΩΝ
Edition Βυζαντίων
Translation of the Byzantines
Reverse design emperor on horse prancing, right, wearing chlamys and about to spear fallen enemy below
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Average weight 20.94 g
Reference Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion 1665
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 450 Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion 1665
2 2     Varbanov 2, 1863