RPC VI, 1259 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 1259 (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 ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Ἀντωνεῖνος Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) 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 ΝΙΚΟΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ ΠΡΟϹ ΙϹΤΡ
Edition ὑπατείας Νοβίου Ῥούφου Νικοπολιτῶν πρός Ἴστρον ὑπ(ατείας) Νοβίου Ῥούφου Νικοπολιτῶν πρός Ἴστρ(ον)
Translation during the (pro)consulship of Novius Rufus of the Nicopolitans by the Danube
Reverse design nude male figure standing, right, seen from the back, holding rod (?) and chlamys; at his feet, altar
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 12.49 g
Axis 6
Reference AMNG 1928, HHJ Nicopolis 8.26 10.1
Specimens 5 (1 in the core collections)
Note Described as Hermes
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     NY: 1882.148.4
2 2     Sofia AMNG 1928
3 3     ✸ CNG 326, May 2014, 253
4 4     CGT coll.
5 5     C. Rhodes coll.