RPC VI, 30798 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #5

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 30798 (temporary)
Province Arabia
Region Syria
City Pella
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Elagabalus (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤωΝΙΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Ἀντωνῖνος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΚΟ ϹΥ [ΒΠϹ? ... ], ΠΕΛ[ ]
Reverse design front view of temple with four columns with arcuated lintel decorated with shell pattern, within which Tyche seated, right, extending hand toward river god at her feet; behind, small Nike standing on column, crowning her with wreath
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 30 mm
Average weight 17.59 g
Axis 12
Specimens 3 (0 in the core collections)
Note See also https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/57707. Date not clear, so attribution is uncertain. The portrait does look like Caracalla, but no coins are known for him, so it seems best to leave it under Elagabalus, pending the discovery of a clearer coin. Same obv. die as  https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/52195 (clearly ΒΠϹ)?
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
4 4     CNG EA 501, 6 Oct. 2021, lot 213
5 5     ✸ Streit coll.
6 6     Streit coll.