RPC VI, 883 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 883 (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 ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΙΑ ΒΥΖΑΝΤΙΩΝ
Edition Ἀντωνεινία Βυζαντίων Ἀντωνεινία Βυζαντίων
Translation the Antoninia, of the Byzantines
Reverse design prize table holding one agonistic crown with palm branch, between bottle and vase(?), seen from right; below, jug
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 32 mm
Average weight 18.22 g
Axis 12
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     NY: 1974.226.19
2 2     ✸ Concordia 34, 9 Oct. 2025, lot 624