RPC VI, 4511 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 4511 (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
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) 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 ΕΠΙ ΕΡΜΟΦΙΛΟΥ ΑΡΧ Α ΤΟ Β ϹΑΡΔΙΑΝΩΝ ΤΡΙϹ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ, ΧΡΥϹΑΝΘΙΝΑ
Edition ἐπὶ Ἑρμοφίλου ἄρχ(οντος) αʹ τὸ βʹ Σαρδιανῶν τρὶς νεωκόρων Χρυσανθίνα
Translation under Hermophilos, first archon for the second time, of the Sardians, thrice neocorate, Chrysanthina
Reverse design agonistic crown with two palm branches on an inscribed base
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 30 mm
Average weight 11.16 g
Axis 6
Reference GRPCL 568
Specimens 2 (0 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Ödemiş: 3995 SNG 421
2 2     ✸ CGT coll.