RPC VI, 1295 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 1295 (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 Κ Μ ΑΥΡΗ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρή(λιος) Ἀντωνῖνος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
Obverse design laureate head of Elagabalus, right, with drapery
Reverse inscription ΥΠ ΝΟΒΙΟΥ ΡΟΥΦΟΥ ΝΙΚΟΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ ΠΡΟϹ ΙϹΤΡΟΝ (or ΠΡΟϹ Ι)
Edition ὑπ(ατείας) Νοβίου Ῥούφου Νικοπολιτῶν πρός Ἴστρον
Translation during the (pro)consulship of Novius Rufus of the Nicopolitans by the Danube
Reverse design Zeus seated on throne, left, holding patera and long sceptre
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 12.11 g
Axis 6, 7, 12
Reference Mouchmov 1404b, AMNG 1894, HHJ Nicopolis 8.26.1.2
Specimens 11 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1898,0703.14
2 2     ✸ C: Y705.1936
3 3     Leeds-UL: 1448
4 4     AMNG 1894.1 = Mi S, II, 167, 646
5 5     AMNG 1894.2 = Webster NC 1873, 20
6 6     CGT coll.
7 7     CGT coll.
8 8     CGT coll.
9 9     CGT coll.
10 10     CNG 345, 25 Feb. 2015, lot 388
11 11     Roma Numismatics EA 30, 29 Oct. 2016, lot 255