RPC VI, 1223 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #5

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 1223 (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(οκράτορ) 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 ΙϹΤ
Edition ὑπ(ατείας) Νοβίου Ῥούφου Νικοπολιτῶν πρός Ἴστ(ρῳ)
Translation during the (pro)consulship of Novius Rufus, of the Nicopolitans near the Danube
Reverse design Homonoia standing facing, head left, holding cornucopia and patera over lighted altar
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Average weight 13.93 g
Axis 12
Reference Mouchmov 1415, AMNG 1965, BMC 62
Specimens 6 (3 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1842,0729.6 AMNG 1965.1 = BMC 62
2 2     NY: 1948.147.3
3 3     V: ?Caracalla AMNG 1965.3 = Mi S, II, 172, 673
4 4     AMNG 1965.2 (Rollin)
5 5     ✸ Bertolami Fine Arts - ACR Auctions 96,13 March 2021, lot 1060
6 6     Varbanov 1, 3875