RPC VI, 1258 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 1258 (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 laureate head of Elagabalus, right, with drapery
Reverse inscription ΥΠ ΝΟΒΙΟΥ ΡΟΥΦΟΥ ΝΙΚΟΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ ΠΡΟϹ ΙϹΤΡΟΝ
Edition ὑπ(ατείας) Νοβίου Ῥούφου Νικοπολιτῶν πρός Ἴστρον
Translation during the (pro)consulship of Novius Rufus of the Nicopolitans by the Danube
Reverse design nude male figure (Apollo?) standing, left, seen from the back, holding chlamys and leaning on serpent-staff
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Reference AMNG 1929 (Hermes, Asclepius or Apollo?),HHJ Nicopolis 8.26.18.2 (Hermes)
Specimens 5 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ B: I-B AMNG 1929.1
2 2     AMNG 1929.2
3 3     AMNG 1929.3
4 4     AMNG 1929.4
5 5     Wildwinds