RPC VI, 1145 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 1145 (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 ΑΥΤ Μ ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Ἀντωνῖνος
Translation Emperor Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΥΠ ΝΟΒΙΟΥ ΡΟΥΦΟΥ ΝΙΚΟΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ ΠΡΟ[Ϲ ΙϹΤΡΩ?]
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 over altar
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 11.10 g
Axis 6
Reference HHJ Nicopolis 8.26.7.9
Specimens 2 (0 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ CGT coll.
2 2     Savoca Coins Blue 155th Blue, 11 - 12 Feb. 2023, lot 812