RPC VI, 1234 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 1234 (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(Η) ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) 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 ΙϹΤΡΩ
Edition ὑπ(ατείας) Νοβίου Ῥούφου Νικοπολιτῶν πρός Ἴστρῳ
Translation during the (pro)consulship of Novius Rufus, of the Nicopolitans near the Danube
Reverse design inscription in laurel wreath
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 12.13 g
Axis 1, 12
Reference Mouchmov 1426, AMNG 2007,HHJ Nicopolis 8.26.54.2 and 7
Specimens 5 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 871 AMNG 2007
2 2     ✸ NY: 1944.100.15362
3 3     Bertolami Fine Arts - ACR Auctions 96, 13 March 2021, lot 1061
4 4     H. D. Rauch 35, 17 Sept. 2020, lot 124
5 5     HHJ Nicopolis 8.26.54.2