RPC VI, 5123 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 5123 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Miletus
Region Ionia
City Magnesia ad Maeandrum
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Elagabalus (Augustus)
Magistrate Marcus Aurelius Philoumenos II (grammateus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ Μ ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ Γ ΦΙΛΟΥΜΕΝΟΥ Β ΜΑΓΝΗΤΩΝ
Reverse design front view of temple with four columns (with shield in pediment), within which Artemis Leukophryene standing, facing, wearing kalathos, having supports, being crowned by Nike flying on either sides; at her feet, eagle with spread wings on either side
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 32 mm
Axis 6
Reference Schultz 188 (as Caracalla)
Specimens 4 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 1506 Schultz 188.1 = Mi III, 150, 653
2 2     A Schultz 188.2
3 3     ✸ Lanz 112, 25 Nov. 2002, lot 731 = CNG MBS 73, 13 Sept. 2006, lot 715
4 4     Bern: N/82.3064