RPC VI, 5647 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 5647 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Apamea
Region Phrygia
City Dionysopolis
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Elagabalus (Augustus)
Issue Year Ο = 70
Dating AD 221/2
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ Μ ΑΥ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΔΙΟΝΥϹΟΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ ΤΟ Ο
Reverse design Dionysus standing facing, head left, holding long thyrsus and cantharus over panther, left, looking back, between Zeus standing, right, holding long sceptre and eagle, and Asclepius standing facing, head left, resting on serpent-staff
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 47 mm
Axis 6
Reference vA Phryg. 147–9
Specimens 3 (3 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1899,0703.95 BMC 24 = vA Phryg. 148
2 2     P: 1038A Wa 7071 = vA Phryg. 149
3 3     ✸ B: 18224967, Löbb. vA Phryg. 147