RPC VI, 1 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 1 (temporary)
Province Epirus
Region Epirus
City Nicopolis
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Elagabalus (Augustus)
Obverse inscription Α Κ Μ Α ΑΝΤωΝΕΙΝΟϹ Θ ΥΙΟϹ
Edition Α(ὐτοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Α(ὐρήλιος) Ἀντωνεῖνος Θ(εοῦ) υἰὸς
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus son of a God
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΝΕΙΚΟΠΟΛΕωϹ
Edition Νεικοπόλεως
Translation of Nicopolis
Reverse design naval battle between two galleys with rowers
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 32 mm
Average weight 20.83 g
Axis 3
Reference Calomino 457
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 1398 Rec 248 (under Nicomedia in Bithynia)
2 2     ✸ Turin-RA: 20610 Calomino 457