RPC VI, 1403 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #10

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 1403 (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 head of Elagabalus, right, 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 28 mm
Average weight 11.87 g
Axis 1, 12
Reference AMNG 948,Hristova & Jekov, Marcianopolis 6.28.7.1 (bis) and 2 (bis)
Specimens 13 (4 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: I-B1900 AMNG 948.1
2 2     O
3 3     P: 642 AMNG 948.2
4 4     P: ? AMNG 948.3
5 5     Sofia AMNG 948.4
6 6     Auktionshaus H. D. Rauch GmbH Summer 2009, 17 Sept. 2009, lot 1001
7 7     Münzen & Medaillen Deutschland GmbH 16, 19 May 2005, lot 302
8 8     AMNG 948.5 = ZfN 15, 1887, 69
9 9     CGT coll.
10 10     ✸ Roma Numismatics EA 67, 6 Feb. 2020, lot 669
11 11     Pecunem Gitbud & Naumann 34, 2 Aug. 2015, lot 524
12 12     Pfeiffer 472,10
13 13     C. Rhodes coll.