RPC VI, 1215 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #8

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 1215 (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 ΑΝΤΩΝ(Ε?)ΙΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτορ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Ἀντωνεῖνος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
Obverse design laureate head of Elagabalus, right
Reverse inscription ΥΠ ΝΟΒΙΟΥ ΡΟΥΦΟΥ ΝΙΚΟΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ ΠΡΟϹ ΙϹΤΡΟ(Ν)
Edition ὑπ(ατείας) Νοβίου Ῥούφου Νικοπολιτῶν πρός Ἴστρον
Translation during the (pro)consulship of Novius Rufus of the Nicopolitans by the Danube
Reverse design Heracles standing facing, head left, resting on club, holding lion skin
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 12.02 g
Axis 12
Reference Mouchmov 1457, AMNG 1946–7,HHJ Nicopolis 8.26.14.5 and 7
Specimens 9 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: L.1906 AMNG 1947.2
2 2     V: GR 08134 AMNG 1947.3
3 3     Gotha AMNG 1947.1
4 4     St Petersburg AMNG 1946.1
5 5     Venice-MC: 03/22 AMNG 1946.2
6 6     CGT coll.
7 7     CNG 437, 6 Feb. 2019, lot 265
8 8     ✸ Gorny & Mosch EA 282, 14 Oct. 2021, lot 3286
9 9     Savoca Coins Blue 242nd Weekly Blue, 23 Nov. 2024, lot 278