RPC VI, 4875 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 4875 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Ephesus
Region Ionia
City Ephesus
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Elagabalus (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΠΡΩΤΩΝ ΑϹΙΑϹ ΕΦΕϹΙΩΝ Δ ΝΕΩΚ
Reverse design frontal view of two temples with two columns, above, and two temples with two columns seen in perspective, below, each holding cult-statue; the ones above having Artemis of Ephesus, to left, and the Emperor, to right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 35 mm
Axis 6
Reference Karwiese 683
Specimens 7 (3 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1847,0820.27 BMC 305 = Karwiese 683.1
2 2     B: D1863 Karwiese 683.2
3 3     B: L1906 Karwiese 683.3
4 4     Helios Numismat 5, 25 June 2010, 25 June 2010, lot 712
5 5     Karwiese 683.4 = R. Hoppensteadt Coll. (Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co. 124, 16 Mar. 2007, lot 9326; ex Glednining XI, 1937, lot 54)
6 6     Naumann 91, 5 July 2020, lot 920
7 7     Solidus Numismatik 46, 22 Sept. 2019, lot 219