RPC VI, 1165 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #4

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 1165 (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 ΑΥΡ(Η) ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΥΠ ΝΟΒΙΟΥ ΡΟΥΦΟΥ ΝΙΚΟΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ ΠΡΟϹ ΙϹΤΡΟ
Reverse design Athena seated, left, holding patera towards serpent entwined around altar and leaning on spear; behind, shield on the ground
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Axis 6, 8
Reference Mouchmov 1383, AMNG 1923, HHJ Nicopolis 8.26.4,1
Specimens 4 (0 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     AMNG 1923
2 2     CGT coll.
3 3     CNG 174, 10 Oct. 2007, lot 93
4 4     ✸ CNG 350,6 May 2015, lot 320 = Numismatik Naumann 23, 5 Oct. 2014, lot 511 = Rauch Summer Auction 2010, 13 Sept. 2010, lot 967