RPC VI, 4470 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 4470 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Sardis
Region Lydia
City Sardis
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Elagabalus (Augustus)
Issue Group 1
Obverse inscription ΑΥ(Τ) Κ Μ ΑΥ(Ρ) ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ (Ϲ)
Obverse design radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ϹΑΡΔΙΑΝΩΝ Β ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ
Reverse design Zeus Lydios standing facing, head left, holding long sceptre and thunderbolt
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Axis 5, 6
Reference GRPCL 591 and 593, Hochard 2057, 2065, 2067 and 2069
Specimens 14 (4 in the core collections)
Feedback

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1892,0507.153 BMC 160 (Caracalla)
2 2     P: 1272
3 3     NY: 1944.100.49449
4 4     V: GR 32847 (as Caracalla)
5 5     Harvard: 1985.97
6 6     Rome: DS111282
7 7     Naumann Numismatik Naumann 41, 6 Mar. 2016, lot 531
8 8     Sardis Excavations 303.1
9 9     Sardis Excavations 303.2
10 10     CGT coll.
11 11     CGT coll.
12 12     CGT coll.
13 13     CGT coll.
15 15     CGT coll.