RPC VI, 1275 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #9

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 1275 (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) ΑΝΤΩΝ(Ε)ΙΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρή(λιος) 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 (or 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 serpent (with radiate head) coiled head right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 10.50 g
Axis 12
Reference Mouchmov 1409, AMNG 1999–2001, HHJ Nicopolis 8.26.22.3-4, 6–7 and 11
Specimens 12 (2 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     V: GR 08148
2 2     V: GR 08147 AMNG 2001.2 = Mi S, II, 169, 655
3 3     Plovdiv AMNG 1999
4 4     Sofia AMNG 2001.1
5 5     AMNG 2000
6 6     CGT coll.
7 7     CNG 158, 14 Feb. 2007, lot 133
8 8     Lindgren I, 724
9 9     ✸ Numismatik Naumann 45, 3 July 2016, lot 359
10 10     Varbanov 1, 4065 corr. (Ke not Cd)
11 11     Varbanov 1, 4068
12 12     Wildwinds