RPC VI, 4501 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 4501 (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 ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτορ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Ἀντωνεῖνος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
Obverse design laureate bust of Elagabalus, right, wearing decorated cuirass and aegis, seen from front
Reverse inscription ϹΑΡΔΙΑΝΩΝ ΤΡΙϹ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ ΕΠ ΕΡΜΟΦΙΛΟΥ ΑΡ Α ΤΟ Β
Edition Σαρδιανῶν τρίς νεωκόρων ἐπ(ὶ) Ἑρμοφίλου ἄρ(χοντος) αʹ τὸ βʹ
Translation of the Sardians, thrice neocorate, under Hermophilos, first archon for the second time
Reverse design front view of two temples: above, the one to the left, with six columns, encloses a statue of the emperor holding patera and sceptre, globe in pediment; the one to the right, with four columns and an arcuated lintel, enclosing the statue of Kore; below, three-quarter view of two temples with six columns
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 40 mm
Average weight 29.72 g
Axis 6
Reference GRPCL 570, Hochard 2054
Specimens 2 (2 in the core collections)
Note The type is discussed by Strasser, RN 2020, 145-8. He identifies the temples as (the two below) the previous necorate temples; that of Kore (above r.) and Helios (above l.).
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: BK.739 BMC 171 = Burrell 110, 6
2 2     V: GR 30212