RPC VI, 30126 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #6

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 30126 (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, draped and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ΕΡΜΟΦΙΛΟΥ ΑΡΧ Α Τ Β ϹΑΡΔΙΑΝΩΝ ΤΡΙϹ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ, ΚΟΙΝΟϹ ΑϹΙΑϹ
Edition ἐπὶ Ἑρμοφίλου ἄρχ(οντος) αʹ τ(ό) βʹ Σαρδιανῶν τρίς νεωκόρων κοινὸς Ἀσίας
Translation under Hermophilos, first archon for the second time, of the Sardians, thrice neocorate, the Koinon of Asia
Reverse design agonistic crown with two palm branches on inscribed base
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Average weight 11.79 g
Axis 6
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)
Note reading of inscription on crown suggested by T. Kleinschmidt

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
6 6     ✸ CGT coll.