RPC VI, 1186 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #8

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 1186 (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(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρή(λιος) Ἀντωνεῖνος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
Obverse design radiate, 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 eagle facing between two standards, head left, holding wreath in beak
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 12.68 g
Axis 12
Reference Mouchmov 1435, AMNG 1988,HHJ Nicopolis 8.26.1.23.47.6
Specimens 11 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 867 AMNG 1988.3 = Mi S, II, 168, 648
2 2     B
3 3     Bucharest AMNG 1988.1
4 4     Bucharest AMNG 1988.2
5 5 –6     Budapest SNG 467-468
7 7     AMNG 1988.4
8 8     ✸ Bertolami Fine Arts - ACR Auctions EA 96, 13 March 2021, lot 1066
9 9     CGT coll.
10 10     CGT coll.
11 11     Roma Numismatics EA 117, 22 Feb. 2024, lot 696 = Roma Numismatics EA 76, 5 Nov. 2020, lot 726