RPC VI, 1150 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 1150 (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 Κ Μ ΑΥΡΗ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρή(λιος) 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 ΙϹΤΡΟΝ
Edition ὑπ(ατείας) Νοβίου Ῥούφου Νικοπολιτῶν πρός Ἴστρον
Translation during the (pro)consulship of Novius Rufus of the Nicopolitans by the Danube
Reverse design Ares or Hero(?) in military dress standing, left, holding inverted spear and resting on shield at his feet
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 12.34 g
Axis 6
Reference Mouchmov 1376–77, AMNG 1916–17, HHJ Nicopolis 8.26.11.3-5
Specimens 11 (5 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: L2247 AMNG 1916.2 = Blanchet, RN 1892, 75, 59
2 2     ✸ B
3 3     B: L.1906 AMNG 1917.2
4 4     Mu: 460 AMNG 1916.1
5 5     NY: 1944.100.15364
6 6     A: 862 AMNG 1917.1
7 7     Freiburg: 11445
8 8     CGT coll.
9 9     CGT coll.
10 10     Gorny & Mosch EA 274, 20 Nov. 2020, lot 2267
11 11     CNG EA 574, 6 Nov. 2024, lot 211