RPC VI, 6605 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 6605 (temporary)
Province Galatia
Region Pontus
City Cerasus
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Elagabalus (Augustus)
Issue ƐT ΡΝϚ = 156
Dating 219/220
Obverse inscription ΑΥ(Τ) Κ Μ ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Ἀντωνῖνος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΚΕΡΑϹΟΥΝΤΙΩΝ ΕΤ ΡΝϚ
Edition Κερασουντίων ἔτ(ους) ρνϛʹ
Translation of the Cerasuntians, of year 156
Reverse design Dionysus standing facing, head left, holding long thyrsus and cantharus over panther, left
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Average weight 9.92 g
Axis 6, 12
Reference Wojan, Kerasonte 18–9
Specimens 3 (0 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Bern: 87.19 Wojan, Kerasonte 18
2 2     Wojan, Kerasonte 19 = Missere 212 (Caracalla, Poseidon)
3 3     ✸ Nomos obolos 20, 3 Oct. 2021, lot 292