RPC VI, 1240 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #8

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 1240 (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(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρή(λιος) Ἀντωνεῖνος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
Obverse design radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus, right, seen from rear
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 within laurel wreath
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 10.80 g
Axis 12
Reference HHJ Nicopolis 8.26.54.5-6, Mouchmov 1426, AMNG 2008–9
Specimens 10 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1921,0213.37
1 1     HHJ Nicopolis 8.26.54.5
2 2     Bucharest AMNG 2009.1
2 2     HHJ Nicopolis 8.26.54.6
3 3     AMNG 2008 (Rollin)
4 4     AMNG 2009.2 (Rollin)
5 5     CGT coll.
6 6     CGT coll.
7 7     CGT coll.
8 8     ✸ Gorny & Mosch EA 282, 14 Oct. 2021, lot 3293