RPC VI, 1296 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 1296 (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 Μ ΑΥΡ(Η) ΑΝΤΩΝ(Ε)ΙΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρή(λιος) Ἀντωνεῖνος
Translation Emperor Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΥΠ ΝΟΒΙΟΥ ΡΟΥΦΟΥ ΝΙΚΟΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ 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 Zeus standing in himation facing, head left, holding thunderbolt and long sceptre
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 12.65 g
Axis 6
Reference Mouchmov 1405, AMNG 1899, HHJ Nicopolis 8.26.1.4-5
Specimens 5 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: L.1906 AMNG 1899.1
2 2     ✸ V: GR 08130 AMNG 1899.2
3 3     FAC24821
4 4     HHJ Nicopolis 8.26.4.1.4
5 5     Wildwinds