RPC VI, 1173 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 1173 (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 (or 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 ΙϹΤ
Edition ὑπ(ατείας) Νοβίου Ῥούφου Νικοπολιτῶν πρός Ἴστ(ρῳ)
Translation during the (pro)consulship of Novius Rufus, of the Nicopolitans near the Danube
Reverse design Athena standing, left, holding branch towards serpent entwined around olive tree; behind, shield on the ground
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 11.52 g
Axis 1, 6, 12
Reference Mouchmov 1384, AMNG 1921,HHJ Nicopolis 8.26.4.9
Specimens 16 (3 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     H. D. Rauch Summer Auction 2007, 11 Sept. 2007, lot 780
2 2     B
3 3     Mu: 468/1900
4 4     Sofia AMNG 1921
5 5     CNG 146, 23 Aug. 2006, lot 101
6 6     NY: 1944.100.15370
7 7     CGT coll. = Savoca 15 Blue, 20 Jan. 2019, lot 905
8 8     ✸ Leeds-UL: 1449
9 9     VAuction 320, 16 Sept. 2016, lot 321
10 10     Gemini, LLC Auction XIII, 6 April 2017, lot 198
11 11     Roma Numismatics EA 38, 29 July 2017, lot 373
12 12     Savoca 20, 1 Jan. 2018, lot 252
13 13     Numismatik Naumann 65, 6 May 2018, lot 280
14 14     Budapest SNG 452
15 15     Solidus 96, 22 Mar. 2022, lot 1015
16 16     C. Rhodes coll.