RPC VI, 1402 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #4

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 1402 (temporary)
Province Moesia Inferior
Region Moesia
City Marcianopolis
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Elagabalus (Augustus) ; Julia Maesa (Augusta)
Magistrate Iulius Antonius Seleukos (legatus Augusti pro praetore)
Issue Group 2
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ ΑΥΓ ΙΟΥΛΙΑ ΜΑΙϹΑ ΑΥΓ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Ἀντωνεῖνος Αὔγ(ουστος) Ἰουλία Μαίσα Αὐγ(ούστα)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus, Julia Maesa Augusta
Obverse design laureate and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus, right, seen from rear, facing diademed and draped bust of Julia Maesa, left
Reverse inscription ΥΠ ΙΟΥΛ ΑΝΤ ϹΕΛΕΥΚΟΥ ΜΑΡΚΙΑΝΟΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ Ε
Edition ὑπ(ατείας) Ἰουλ(ίου) Ἀντ(ωνίου) Σελεύκου Μαρκιανοπολιτῶν εʹ
Translation during the (pro)consulship of Iulius Antonius Seleukos, for the Marcianopolitans, 5
Reverse design Apollo standing nude facing, head right, placing arm on his head and holding bow, left hand on small tree around which a serpent is coiled
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 11.81 g
Axis 6
Reference AMNG 947,Hristova & Jekov, Marcianopolis 6.28.7.2
Specimens 11 (3 in the core collections)
Note Hristova & Jekov, Marcianopolis 6.33.7.2 list the same type for Festus, but only -ΟΥ can be read on the rev., and the use of ΜΑΙϹΑ ΑΥΓ on the obv. is attested only for Seleucus.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1921,0520.8 AMNG 947.2
2 2     L: 1961,0301.14
3 3     V AMNG 947.1 = Mi S. II, 100, 271
4 4     ✸ Dr. Busso Peus Nachfolger 384, 2 Nov. 2005, lot 795
5 5     Auctiones AG 29, 12 June 2003, lot 166
6 6     Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co. KG 62, 13 Mar. 2001, lot 628
7 7     Gorny & Mosch 225, 14 Oct. 2014, lot 1763
8 8     CGT coll.
9 9 –10     Pfeiffer 472, 472.05
10 10     Naumann 119, 7 Aug. 2022, lot 382