RPC VI, 1147 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 1147 (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 Κ Μ ΑΥΡΗ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρή(λιος) Ἀντωνῖνος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus, right seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΥΠΑ ΝΟΒ ΡΟΥΦΟΥ ΝΙΚΟΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ ΠΡΟϹ ΙϹΤΡΟΝ
Edition ὑπα(τείας) Νοβ(ίου) Ῥούφου Νικοπολιτῶν πρός Ἴστρον
Translation during the (pro)consulship of Novius Rufus of the Nicopolitans by the Danube
Reverse design Apollo nude standing facing, head left, holding laurel branch and patera over lighted altar
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 12.09 g
Axis 1, 12
Reference HHJ Nicopolis 8.26.7.7–8
Specimens 5 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 859 Luynes 2248
2 2     ✸ Bertolami Fine Arts - ACR Auctions 96, 13 March 2021, lot 1079
4 4     Varbanov 1, 4102
5 5     Wildwinds
6 6     CGT coll. = CNG 345, 25 Feb. 2015, lot 389