RPC VI, 4210 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #5

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 4210 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Pergamum
Region Mysia
City Pergamum
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Elagabalus (Augustus)
Magistrate Tiberius Claudius Alexandros theologos (strategos)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤΟ Κ Μ ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Ἀντωνεῖνος Αὐτο(κράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Ἀντωνεῖνος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus, right, with aegis, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ϹΤΡ ΤΙΒ ΚΛ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ ΘΕΟΛΟ ΠΕΡΓΑΜΗΝΩΝ ΠΡΩΤΩΝ Γ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ
Edition ἐπὶ στρατηγοῦ Τιβερίου Κλαυδίου Ἀλεξάνδρου θεολόγου Περγαμηνῶν πρώτων γʹ νεωκόρων ἐπὶ στρ(ατηγοῦ) Τιβ(ερίου) Κλ(αυδίου) Ἀλεξάνδρου θεολό(γου) Περγαμηνῶν πρώτων γʹ νεωκόρων
Translation under strategos Tiberius Claudius Alexander, theologos, of the Pergamenes, first thrice neocorate
Reverse design Heracles advancing nude, right, raising club, fighting against amazon Hippolyte advancing, left, holding shield(?)
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 43 mm
Average weight 38.70 g
Axis 6, 12
Reference SNG France 2259
Specimens 5 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 1401 SNG 2259
2 2     CNG 79, Sept. 2008, 585
3 3     Hirsch 293, Sept. 2013, 2891 (heavily tooled, if genuine)
4 4     Rauch 53, 28 Nov. 1994, lot 304
5 5     ✸ CNG 130, 23 Sept. 2025, lot 313 = CNG 123, 23 May 2023, lot 388