RPC VI, 1226 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 1226 (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) ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) 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 (or ΙϹΤΡΩ)
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 11.52 g
Axis 1, 12
Reference Mouchmov 1417, AMNG 1968, HHJ Nicopolis 8.26.36.2-6 and 13
Specimens 6 (3 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ NY: 1944.100.15359
2 2     Mu: 465 AMNG 1968.1
3 3     P: 856 AMNG 1968.2
4 4     CGT coll.
5 5     Freiburg: 11447
6 6     Naumann 115, 3 Apr. 2022, lot 529