RPC VI, 1289 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #8

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 1289 (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 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 Tyche standing facing, head left, wearing kalathos, holding rudder on globe and cornucopia
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 11.81 g
Axis 6, 12
Reference Mouchmov 1451, AMNG 1975–6, HHJ Nicopolis, 8.26.38.1 and 4
Specimens 12 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     V: GR 08139 AMNG 1976
2 2     A: 864 AMNG 1975.1
3 3     Budapest SNG 462
4 4     Budapest SNG 463
5 5     CGT coll.
6 6     CGT coll.
7 7     CGT coll.
8 8     ✸ Franke coll., ex Ceylan, 7, 2005
9 9     HHJ Nicopolis 8.26.36.3
10 10     HHJ Nicopolis 8.26.36.4
11 11     Solidus 89, 16 Nov. 2021, lot 1022
12 12     Wildwinds