RPC VI, 1144


Image of specimen #1

Coin type
URI	https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/6/1144 json ttl rdf xml epidoc
Volume	VI
Number	1144 (temporary)
Province	Moesia Inferior
Region	Moesia
City	Nicopolis ad Istrum
Reign	Elagabalus
Person (obv.)	Elagabalus (Augustus)
Magistrate	Titus Flavius Novius Rufus (legatus Augusti pro praetore)
Obverse inscription	ΑΥ(Τ) Κ (Μ) ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤΩΝ(Ε)ΙΝΟϹ
Edition	Αὐτ(οκράτορ) 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	ΥΠ ΝΟΒΙΟΥ ΡΟΥΦΟΥ ΝΙΚΟΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ ΠΡΟϹ ΙϹΤΡΩ (or ΠΡΟϹ ΙϹΤΡΟΝ)
Edition	ὑπ(ατείας) Νοβίου Ῥούφου Νικοπολιτῶν πρός Ἴστρῳ
Translation	during the (pro)consulship of Novius Rufus, of the Nicopolitans near the Danube
Reverse design	Apollo nude standing facing, head left, holding laurel branch and patera
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average diameter	27 mm
Average weight	11.02 g
Axis	6
Reference	Mouchmov 1374, AMNG 1913
Specimens	5 (1 in the core collections)