RPC VI, 1157 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #5

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 1157 (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 ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Ἀντωνῖνος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
Obverse design laureate head of Elagabalus, right
Reverse inscription ΥΠ ΝΟΒΙΟΥ ΡΟΥΦΟΥ ΝΙΚΟΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ (or 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 Asclepius standing facing, head left, resting on serpent-staff
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 12.83 g
Axis 12
Reference Mouchmov 1379, AMNG 1936,HHJ Nicopolis 8.26.8 and 11-12
Specimens 6 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 848 (L 2244) AMNG 1936.1
2 2     B
3 3     CGT coll.
4 4     CGT coll.
5 5     ✸ Davissons 37, 21 Feb 2018, lot 58 ex VAuction 312, 28 Oct. 2014, lot 293
6 6     Savoca Coins Blue 202nd Weekly Blue, 23 Mar. 2024, lot 216