RPC VI, 1290 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #10

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 1290 (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 ΑΥΡΗ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρή(λιος) Ἀντωνεῖνος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
Obverse design laureate head of Elagabalus, right
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 right, wearing kalathos, holding rudder on globe and cornucopia
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 12.23 g
Axis 1, 12
Reference Mouchmov 1451, HHJ Nicopolis, 8.26.38.14-18
Specimens 10 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     NY: 1944.100.15363
2 2     Budapest SNG 461
3 3     CGT coll.
4 4     CGT coll.
5 5     HHJ Nicopolis 8.26.38.15
6 6     Naumann 113, 6 Feb. 2022, lot 466
7 7     Varbanov 1, 4089
8 8     Wildwinds
9 9     Dorney 12, 27 Feb. 2022, lot 173
10 10     ✸ Kölner Münzkabinett 121, 12–13 Apr. 2024, lot 198