RPC VI, 1225 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #4

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 1225 (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 ΑΥ Κ Μ ΑΥΡ(Η) ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρή(λιος) Ἀντωνῖνος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
Obverse design radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΥΠ ΝΟΒΙΟΥ ΡΟΥΦΟΥ ΝΙΚΟΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ ΠΡΟϹ ΙϹΤ(ΡΟΝ)
Edition ὑπ(ατείας) Νοβίου Ῥούφου Νικοπολιτῶν πρός Ἴστρον
Translation during the (pro)consulship of Novius Rufus of the Nicopolitans by the Danube
Reverse design Homonoia standing facing, head left, wearing kalathos, holding cornucopia and patera
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 11.66 g
Axis 6
Reference Mouchmov 1417, AMNG 1969, HHJ Nicopolis 8.26.36.7–8 and 11
Specimens 4 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: 85/66 AMNG 1969.1
2 2     AMNG 1969.2 = Mi S, II, 174, 680
3 3     CGT coll.
4 4     ✸ CNG 303, May 2013, 185