RPC VI, 1280 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 1280 (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 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 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 coiled with radiate head, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 12.34 g
Axis 6, 12
Reference Mouchmov 1408, AMNG 1996,HHJ Nicopolis 8.26.22.5
Specimens 8 (2 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 868 AMNG 1996.1
2 2     NY: 1944.100.15360
3 3     St Petersburg AMNG 1996.3
4 4     AMNG 1996.2 (St. Florian?)
5 5     CGT coll.
6 6     CGT coll.
7 7     CNG 158, Feb. 2007, 132
8 8     Wildwinds