RPC VI, 5653 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #5

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 5653 (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 Μ ΑΥ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐ(ρήλιος) Ἀντωνεῖνος
Translation Emperor Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΔΙΟΝΥϹΟΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ ΤΟ Ο
Edition Διονυσοπολειτῶν τὸ οʹ
Translation of the Dionysopolitans, year 70
Reverse design Tyche standing facing, head left, wearing kalathos, holding cornucopia and rudder
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 6.56 g
Axis 6
Reference vA Phryg. 150–2
Specimens 6 (4 in the core collections)

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