RPC VI, 1200 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 1200 (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 ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Ἀντωνῖνος
Translation Emperor Caesar 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 Emperor on horse prancing, right, looking down, wearing chlamys and about to spear lion running right, looking back
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 14.30 g
Reference Mouchmov 1413, AMNG 1987
Specimens 4 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ B: I-B AMNG 1987.1
2 2     B: L.1906 AMNG 1987.2
3 3     Wildwinds
5 5     Savoca Coins Blue 200th Weekly Blue, 9 Mar. 2024, lot 166