RPC VI, 5112 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #4

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 5112 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Miletus
Region Ionia
City Magnesia ad Maeandrum
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Elagabalus (Augustus)
Magistrate Marcus Aurelius Aristolaos (grammateus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ Μ ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ΓΡ Μ ΑΥΡ ΑΡΙϹΤΟΛΑΟΥ ΜΑΓΝΗΤΩΝ
Reverse design infant Dionysus kneeling on table facing, head left, below cysta from which serpent emerges; around him, three Corybantes wearing helmet and short chiton, beating shields with their swords
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Axis 6
Reference Schultz 174–5 (as Caracalla)
Specimens 6 (4 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 1509 Schultz 174.2
2 2     B: I-B1900 Schultz 174.3 = GM 121, 314, 33
3 3     C: Leake SNG 4518 = Schultz 175.1
4 4     ✸ V: GR 17419 Schultz 174.1
5 5     Schultz 175.2
6 6     CGT coll.