RPC VI, 3539 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 3539 (temporary)
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Heraclea Pontica
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Elagabalus (Augustus)
Obverse inscription Μ ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ ΑΥ
Edition Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Ἀντωνῖνος Αὐ(τοκράτωρ)
Translation Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus (?), right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΗΡΑΚΛΗΑϹ ΕΝ ΠΟΝΤΩ
Edition Ἡρακλήας ἐν Πόντῳ
Translation of Heraclea in Pontus
Reverse design draped bust of Athena, right, wearing Corinthian helmet and aegis
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 18 mm
Average weight 4.01 g
Axis 6
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)
Note Caracalla?

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ NY: 1944.100.42143