RPC VI, 1178 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #4

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 1178 (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
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτορ) 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 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 Cybele (?) seated on the back of a lion prancing, right, holding sceptre
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 11.11 g
Axis 12
Reference Mouchmov 1418, AMNG 1955,HHJ Nicopolis 8.26.31.1
Specimens 5 (2 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: L.1906 AMNG 1955
2 2     V: GR 37860
3 3     CGT coll.
4 4     ✸ Naumann 106, 1 Aug. 2021, lot 346
5 5     Varbanov 1, 3993