RPC VI, 1267 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 1267 (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 ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Ἀντωνεῖνος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΥΠ ΝΟΒΙΟΥ ΡΟΥΦΟΥ ΝΙΚΟΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ ΠΡΟϹ ΙϹΤ
Edition ὑπ(ατείας) Νοβίου Ῥούφου Νικοπολιτῶν πρός Ἴστ(ρῳ)
Translation during the (pro)consulship of Novius Rufus, of the Nicopolitans near the Danube
Reverse design river god reclining, left, holding reed and resting on vase from which water flows; (at his feet, prow, right)
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 12.36 g
Axis 6
Reference HHJ Nicopolis 8.26.32.5 and 7
Specimens 3 (0 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     HHJ Nicopolis 8.26.32.5
2 2     HHJ Nicopolis 8.26.32.7
3 3     ✸ CNG EA 531, 25 Jan. 2023, lot 487