RPC VI, 1156 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #5

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 1156 (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 radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus, right, seen from front
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 Asclepius standing facing, head left, holding serpent-staff, facing Hygieia standing, right, feeding serpent from patera
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 12.39 g
Axis 11, 12
Reference Mouchmov 1380, AMNG 1940, HHJ Nicopolis 8.26.21.2
Specimens 5 (0 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Bucharest AMNG 1940
2 2     CNG 303, May 2013, 184
3 3     Naville Numismatics 53, 3 Nov. 2019, lot 162
4 4     CNG EA 521, 3 Aug. 2022, lot 255
5 5     ✸ Leu WA 30, 13–16 July 2024, lot 1245