RPC VI, 4438 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 4438 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Sardis
Region Lydia
City Saitta
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Elagabalus (Augustus)
Magistrate Fabius Gaius (first archon for the second time)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Ἀντωνεῖνος Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Ἀντωνεῖνος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΕΠ ΦΑΒ ΓΑΙΟΥ ΑΡΧ Α [Τ Β?] ϹΑΙΤΤΗΝΩΝ
Edition ἐπὶ Φαβίου Γαΐου ἄρχοντος αʹ τὸ βʹ Σαϊττηνῶν ἐπ(ὶ) Φαβ(ίου) Γαΐου ἄρχ(οντος) αʹ τ(ὸ) βʹ Σαϊττηνῶν
Translation under Fabius Gaius, first archon for the second time, of the Saittians
Reverse design Asclepius standing facing, head left, holding serpent-staff, and Hygieia standing facing, head right, feeding serpent from patera
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 6.35 g
Axis 6
Reference GRPCL 128, Hochard 1722
Specimens 5 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 1079 Wa 5187
2 2     ✸ Gorny & Mosch 233, 6 Oct. 2015, lot 1989
3 3     V-ON SNG Leypold 1167
4 4     CGT coll.
5 5     Aquila Numismatics 15, 6 July 2024, lot 552 (Thyateira)