RPC VI, 1349 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #4

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 1349 (temporary)
Province Moesia Inferior
Region Moesia
City Nicopolis ad Istrum
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Elagabalus (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Μ ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ
Obverse design laureate head of Elagabalus, right
Reverse inscription ΝΙΚΟΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ ΠΡΟϹ ΙϹΤΡΟΝ
Reverse design Nike standing, right, and the emperor standing facing, head left, resting on spear; between them, trophy with two captives seating at the base
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 18 mm
Axis 6
Reference Mouchmov 1447, AMNG 2028,HHJ Nicopolis 8.26.1.47.8
Specimens 5 (1 in the core collections)
Note Elagabalus or Caracalla?

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: 88/80 AMNG 2028
2 2     CGT coll.
3 3     CGT coll.
4 4     ✸ H. D. Rauch Summer Auction 2008, 15 Sept. 2008, lot 815
5 5     HHJ Nicopolis 8.26.47.8