RPC VI, 7898 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 7898 (temporary)
Province Mesopotamia
Region Mesopotamia
City Rhesaena
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Elagabalus (Augustus)
Obverse inscription Α Κ Μ ΑΝΤΟΝΙ(ΝΟϹ)
Edition Α(ὐτοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀντ{ο}<ω>νῖνος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Antoninus
Obverse design radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΡΗϹΑΙΝΗϹΙωΝ Γ
Edition Ῥησαηνισίων γʹ
Translation of the Rhesaeans, 3
Reverse design river god(?) seated, left, holding reed(?) and resting arm on vase from which water flows
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 20 mm
Average weight 6.60 g
Axis 1, 11, 12
Reference Castelin 19 (as Caracalla)
Specimens 8 (2 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ O
2 2     L: 1889,0904.45 BMC 1
3 3     Leeds-UL: 95
4 4     CGT coll.
5 5     Savoca EA 95 Silver, 14 Feb. 2021, lot 469
6 6     Helios 3, 29 Apr. 2009, lot 776
7 7     CGT coll.
8 8     CGT coll.