RPC VI, 1248 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 1248 (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 (or 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 front
Reverse inscription ΥΠ ΝΟΒΙΟΥ ΡΟΥΦΟΥ (or ΡΟΥΦΟΥ) ΝΙΚΟΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ ΠΡΟϹ ΙϹ(ΤΡΩ)
Edition ὑπ(ατείας) Νοβίου Ῥούφου Νικοπολιτῶν πρός Ἴστρῳ
Translation during the (pro)consulship of Novius Rufus, of the Nicopolitans near the Danube
Reverse design Nemesis standing facing, head left, holding scales and rod; at her feet, wheel
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 11.06 g
Axis 12
Reference Mouchmov 1427, AMNG 1956–7, HHJ Nicopolis 8.26.35.5 and 15
Specimens 12 (3 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: 86/65 AMNG 1957.1 = Mi S, II, 172, 671
2 2     NY: 1944.100.15365
3 3     ✸ V: GR 08141 AMNG 1956
4 4     Plovdiv AMNG 1957.2
5 5     Sofia AMNG 1957.3
6 6     CGT coll.
7 7     CGT coll.
8 8     CGT coll.
9 9     CGT coll.
10 10     HHJ Nicopolis 8.26.35.1
11 11     HHJ Nicopolis 8.26.35.5
12 12     Savoca Coins Blue 152nd Blue, 7 - 8 Jan. 2023, lot 1110