RPC VI, 1177 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 1177 (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 Μ ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Ἀντωνῖνος
Translation Emperor Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus, right, seen from rear
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 city gate with two towers surmounted by facing quadriga
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 12.95 g
Axis 1, 11
Reference Mouchmov 1394, AMNG 2003, HHJ Nicopolis, 8.26.46.1
Specimens 9 (2 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: I-B AMNG 2003.1
2 2     NY: 1997.32.173
3 3     ✸ CNG 238, 11 Aug. 2010, lot 220 = Berk 146, 2005, lot 757
4 4     AMNG 2003.2
5 5     Gorny & Mosch EA 274, 20 Nov. 2020, lot 2273
6 6     Wildwinds = Varanov 1, 4104 (this coin)
7 7     CNG 345,25 Feb. 2015, lot 384
8 8     C. Rhodes coll.
9 9     Numismatik Naumann 139, 7 Apr. 2024, lot 340