RPC VI, 1184


Image of specimen #1

Coin type
URI	https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/6/1184 json ttl rdf xml epidoc
Volume	VI
Number	1184 (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 Κ Μ ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ
Edition	Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) 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	Dionysus standing facing, head left, holding long thyrsus and bunch of grapes
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average diameter	26 mm
Average weight	9.33 g
Reference	Mouchmov 1398, AMNG 1932,HHJ Nicopolis 8.26.8.2 and 4
Specimens	4 (2 in the core collections)