RPC VI, 1292 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #4

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 1292 (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 (or ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ)
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτορ) 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 (or ΙϹΤΡΩ)
Edition ὑπ(ατείας) Νοβίου Ῥούφου Νικοπολιτῶν πρός Ἴστρον
Translation during the (pro)consulship of Novius Rufus of the Nicopolitans by the Danube
Reverse design young nude male figure (mountain-god Haimos) seated on rock, left, reclining on tree and looking back; behind him, stag jumping, right, and bear emerging form cave on the rock
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 13.80 g
Axis 7
Reference Mouchmov 1471, AMNG 1953,HHJ Nicopolis, 8.26.43.1-2
Specimens 5 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 866 AMNG 1953 = Dumersan, RN 1843, 18, III, 2
2 2     Auctiones 10, 18 Nov 2012, lot 56 ex Pecunem 9, Nov. 2013, 315
3 3     CNG 174, Oct. 2007, 91
4 4     ✸ CNG 70, Sept. 2005, 537
5 5     Gorny & Mosch EA 274, 20 Nov. 2020, lot 2272