RPC VI, 4702 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #8

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 4702 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Smyrna
Region Ionia
City Erythrae
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Elagabalus (Augustus)
Magistrate Aurelius Nikon II (strategos)
Obverse inscription ΑΥ Κ Μ ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΕΠ ϹΤΡ ΑΥΡ ΝΕΙΚΩΝΟϹ Β ΕΡΥΘΡΑΙΩΝ
Reverse design front view of temple with four columns (with shield in pediment?), within which Heracles(?) standing facing, head right, holding spear(?) and club
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 35 mm
Axis 6
Reference SNG Glasgow 1654, SNG Leypold 641
Specimens 8 (6 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 1328
2 2     P: 1329
3 3     B: F1873
4 4     G SNG 1654 = Hunterian II, 345, 14
5 5     Mu: 1873 SNG 424
6 6     V: GR 17379 Kraft 2, 14
7 7     Lindgren I, 494
8 8     ✸ V-ON SNG Leypold 641