RPC VI, 4503 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 4503 (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 ΟΙΚΟΥΜΕΝΙΚ ϹΑΡΔΙΑΝΩΝ Γ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ
Reverse design Kore standing facing, on altar decorated with bucranium, between two tables, each holding two agonistic crowns and having a palm branch below
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 35 mm
Average weight 22.50 g
Axis 6, 12
Reference GRPCL 560, Hochard 2047
Specimens 3 (2 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1903,0604.9
2 2     P: 1283
3 3     Harvard: 1983.56.258