RPC VI, 4484 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 4484 (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 bust of Elagabalus, right, wearing cuirass decorated with star and aegis, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ Γ ϹΑΛ ΚΛΑΥΔΙΑΝΟΥ Α ΑΡΧ ΤΟ Β ϹΑΡΔΙΑΝΩΝ Β ΝΕΟΚΟΡΩΝ
Reverse design Kore standing, facing, having poppy on either side
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 30 mm
Axis 6, 12
Reference GRPCL 553-554, Hochard 2034 corr. and 2053
Specimens 4 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Mu: 61 SNG 529
2 2     Helios 5, 25 June 2010, lot 857
3 3     ✸ Weber 6912 (as Caracalla) = Gemini VI, 10 Jan. 2010, lot 634 (Ex CNG E126, 9 Nov. 2005, lot 203 (Garth R. Drewry Collection). Ex Paramount, Miami Beach, 7–8 Jan. 1977, lot 696)
4 4     Aiello coll. = GRPCL 554 = CNG EA 513, 6 Apr. 2022, lot 268