RPC VI, 884 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 884 (temporary)
Province Thrace
Region Thrace
City Byzantium
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Elagabalus (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ ΑΥΓ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Ἀντωνεῖνος Σεβ(αστός)
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 ϹΕΒΑϹΤΑ
Edition Ἀντωνείνια Βυζαντίων Σεβαστά
Translation the Augustan 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 33 mm
Average weight 16.06 g
Axis 1, 8, 12
Reference Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion 1659–61
Specimens 9 (3 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L
2 2     P: 452 Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion 1660.2
3 3     ✸ Mu: 25346 Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion 1661
4 4     A Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion 1660.1
5 5     N: F6364 Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion 1659.1
6 6     Sofia: 3722 Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion 1659.2 = Mouchmov 3373
7 7     CGT coll.
8 8     Ankara: 115-11/2-94 Sammlungen Türkei 73
9 9     Aquila Numismatics 14, 12 Apr. 2024, lot 139