RPC VI, 5130 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 5130 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Miletus
Region Ionia
City Magnesia ad Maeandrum
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Elagabalus (Augustus)
Magistrate Secundus (grammateus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ΓΡΑΜ ϹΕΚΟΥΝΔΟΥ ΜΑΓΝΗΤΩΝ
Reverse design Dionysus standing facing, head right, holding long thyrsus and cantharus; at his feet, behind, panther, left; to right, Maenad running, right, looking back, playing tympanum
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 31 mm
Axis 6
Reference Schultz 173 (under Caracalla)
Specimens 2 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1839,1224.307 BMC 60 = Schultz 173.1
2 2     V: GR 17422 Schultz 173.2