RPC VI, 1162 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #4

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 1162 (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 ΑΝΤΩΝ(Ε)ΙΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτορ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Ἀντωνεῖνος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
Obverse design radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΥΠ ΝΟΒΙΟΥ ΡΟΥΦΟΥ ΝΙΚΟΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ ΠΡΟϹ ΙϹΤΡΩ (or ΙϹΤΡΟΝ)
Edition ὑπ(ατείας) Νοβίου Ῥούφου Νικοπολιτῶν πρός Ἴστρῳ
Translation during the (pro)consulship of Novius Rufus, of the Nicopolitans near the Danube
Reverse design Asclepius standing facing, head left, resting on serpent-staff
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 10.18 g
Axis 6, 12
Reference Mouchmov 1379, HHJ Nicopolis, 8.26.20.1-3 and 10
Specimens 4 (0 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     CGT coll.
2 2     HHJ Nicopolis 8.26.20.1
3 3     HHJ Nicopolis 8.26.20.10
4 4     ✸ Roma Numismatics EA 78, 17 Dec. 2020, lot 885