RPC VI, 1189 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #5

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 1189 (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 ΑΥΡ(Η) ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρή(λιος) Ἀντωνεῖνος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
Obverse design laureate head of Elagabalus, right
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, head left, holding wreath in beak and spreading wings
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 11.48 g
Axis 1, 2, 12
Reference Mouchmov 1434, AMNG 1992,HHJ Nicopolis 8.26.1.21-2
Specimens 10 (2 in the core collections)
Note Ligatures of letters sometimes occur

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     C: Y709.1936
2 2     V: GR 08145 AMNG 1992.2
3 3     Freiburg: 11448
4 4     AMNG 1992.1
5 5     ✸ Bertolami Fine Arts - ACR Auctions EA 96, 13 March 2021, lot 1068
6 6     Bertolami Fine Arts - ACR Auctions EA 96, 13 March 2021, lot 1069
7 7     CGT coll.
8 8     CGT coll.
9 9     CGT coll.
10 10     CGT coll.