RPC VI, 1148 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 1148 (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(Η) ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ (or ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ)
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρή(λιος) Ἀντωνῖνος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
Obverse design radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΥΠ(Α) ΝΟΒ(ΙΟΥ) ΡΟΥΦΟΥ ΝΙΚΟΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ ΠΡΟϹ (or ΠΡΟϹ) ΙϹΤΡΟΝ
Edition ὑπα(τείας) Νοβίου 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 12.05 g
Axis 12
Reference Mouchmov 1371, AMNG 1909–11,HHJ Nicopolis 8.26.7.1-6
Specimens 8 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Bucharest AMNG 1911
2 2     A: 863 AMNG 1910
3 3     ✸ CNG EA 296, Feb. 2013, lot 143
4 4     P: 855 AMNG 1909
5 5     Wildwinds
6 6     Wildwinds
7 7     C. Rhodes coll.
8 8     Savoca Coins Blue 236th Weekly Blue, 19 Oct. 2024, lot 365