RPC VI, 4897 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 4897 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Ephesus
Region Ionia
City Ephesus
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Elagabalus (Augustus)
Issue Fourth neocorate
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ
Edition 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 Α ΕΦΕϹΙΩΝ Δ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ, ΟΙΚΟΥΜΕΝΙΚΟΙ, ΕΦΕСΗΑ, ΟΛΥΜΠΙΑ
Reverse design two inscribed agonistic crowns with one palm branch each on an inscribed table
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Average weight 10.58 g
Axis 6
Reference Karwiese 656
Specimens 7 (4 in the core collections)
Note Inscriptions on table and prizes is only legible on specimen 2; 1, 3, 4 are very worn, the others cannot be checked
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1899,0401.59 Karwiese 656.2
2 2     ✸ L: 1903,0604.5 Kraft 12, 26b = Karwiese 656.5
3 3     C: CM.LK.1679-R Karwiese 656.6
4 4     Cop: 446 Karwiese 656.4
5 5     Istanbul: 6332 Karwiese 656.1
6 6     Istanbul: 6333 Karwiese 656.3
7 7     Karwiese 656.7 = Hess 1907, 388