RPC VI, 4478 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 4478 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Sardis
Region Lydia
City Sardis
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Elagabalus (Augustus)
Magistrate Gaius Sal— Klaudianos (archon for the second time)
Issue Group 1
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ Γ ϹΑΛ ΚΛΑΥΔΙΑΝΟΥ ΑΡΧ ΤΟ Β ϹΑΡΔΙΑΝΩΝ Β ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ
Reverse design Kore standing, facing, having poppy on either side, and Tyche standing facing, head left, wearing kalathos, holding rudder and cornucopia; between them, wreath and sometimes bucranium
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 36 mm
Axis 5, 6
Reference GRPCL 551-552, Hochard 2051
Specimens 9 (5 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1897,0503.19 BMC 159 (as Caracalla) = Kraft 30, 12b.2corr.
2 2     P: 1275 Wa 5262 (as Caracalla)
3 3     ✸ B
4 4     NY: 1953.70.18
5 5     V-ON SNG Leypold 1229
6 6     CGT coll. = London Coin Galleries Auction 4, 4 June 2017, lot 740
7 7     CGT coll. ex G. Rohde coll.
8 8     CGT coll.
9 9     V: GR 19584