RPC VI, 885 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 885 (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 ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΕΙΑ ΒΥΖΑΝΤΙΩΝ
Edition Ἀντωνίνεια Βυζαντίων
Translation the Antoninia of the Byzantines
Reverse design prize table holding one agonistic crown with palm branch, between bottle and vase(?), seen from left; below, jug
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 30 mm
Average weight 12.14 g
Axis 6
Reference Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion 1658
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1961,0301.99 Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion 1658