RPC VI, 885 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

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
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus, right, with aegis, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΕΙΑ ΒΥΖΑΝΤΙΩΝ
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
Axis 6
Reference Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion 1658
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

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