RPC VI, 1288 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 1288 (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(Τ) Κ Μ ΑΥΡ(Η) ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ (or ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ)
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρή(λιος) 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 (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 Tyche standing facing, head left, wearing kalathos, holding rudder on globe and cornucopia
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 14.08 g
Axis 7
Reference HHJ Nicopolis 8.26.38.2
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     V: GR 08140 AMNG 1975.3
2 2     ✸ Roma Numismatics EA 58, 20 June 2019, lot 932