RPC VI, 4508 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #4

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 4508 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Sardis
Region Lydia
City Sardis
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Elagabalus (Augustus)
Magistrate Sulpicius Hermophilos (first archon for the second time)
Issue Group 2
Obverse inscription ΑΥ Κ Μ ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ ϹΕ
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Ἀντωνεῖνος Σε(βαστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ϹΟΥΛΠ ΕΡΜΟΦΙΛΟΥ ΑΡΧ Α ΤΟ Β ϹΑΡΔΙΑΝΩΝ Γ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ, ΟΙΚΟΥΜΕΝΙΚΑ
Edition ἐπὶ Σουλπ(ικίου) Ἑρμοφίλου ἄρχ(οντος) αʹ τὸ βʹ Σαρδιανῶν γʹ νεωκόρων οικουμενικά
Translation under Sulpicius Hermophilos, first archon for the second time, of the Sardians, thrice neocorate, universal (games)
Reverse design inscribed prize table, with four agonistic crowns; below, jug between two palm branches
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Average weight 20.27 g
Axis 6
Reference GRPCL 562, Hochard 2046 corr.
Specimens 4 (1 in the core collections)
Note previously read as ΧΡΥϹΑΝΘΙΝΑ (?), but the Dusseldorf specimen is now clear

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 1280
2 2     CGT coll.
3 3     Aiello coll. = GRPCL Sardes 561
4 4     ✸ Düsseldorf: Ls4252.28.01 Duesseldorf University, inv. no. Ls4252.28.01