RPC VI, 1299 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #4

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 1299 (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 ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) 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, left, holding thunderbolt and long sceptre
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 11.70 g
Axis 8
Reference Mouchmov 1404, HHJ Nicopolis, 8.26.1.6–7
Specimens 7 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     HHJ Nicopolis 8.26.1.6
2 2     HHJ Nicopolis 8.26.1.7
3 3     C: Y1243.1936
4 4     ✸ Gorny & Mosch EA 282, 14 Oct. 2021, lot 3285
5 5     Wildwinds = Varbanov 1, 3912 (this coin)
6 6     Budapest SNG 448
7 7     Savoca Blue 127, 12 Mar. 2022, lot 697