RPC VI, 1404 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #15

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 1404 (temporary)
Province Moesia Inferior
Region Moesia
City Marcianopolis
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Elagabalus (Augustus) ; Julia Maesa (Augusta)
Magistrate Iulius Antonius Seleucus (hegemon)
Issue Group 2
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ ΑΥΓ ΙΟΥΛΙΑ ΜΑΙϹΑ ΑΥΓ
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus, r., seen from rear, facing diademed and draped bust of Julia Maesa, l.
Reverse inscription ΥΠ ΙΟΥΛ ΑΝΤ ϹΕΛΕΥΚΟΥ ΜΑΡΚΙΑΝΟΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ (or ΜΑΡΚΙΑΝΟΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ) Ε
Reverse design Asclepius standing facing, head l., holding serpent-staff
Metal Æ
Average diameter 28 mm
Axis 1, 6, 7, 12
Reference AMNG 954
Specimens 15 (5 in the core collections)
Note Variations in ligatures.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: G.4596 BMC 61 = AMNG 954.1
2 2     P: L2200 AMNG 954.2
3 3     NY: 1944.100.15306
4 4     O
5 5     V AMNG 954.3 = Arneth Sitzungsber 9, 895, 76
6 6     Budapest SNG 201
7 7     CGT coll.
8 8     CGT coll.
9 9     CGT coll.
10 10     CNG EA 368, 10 Feb. 2016, lot 224
11 11 –13     Pfeiffer 476, 477, 477.11
14 14     Roma Numismatics Ltd EA 62, 17 Oct. 2019, lot 689
15 15     ✸ Savoca Numismatik GmbH & Co. KG 14, 23 Apr. 2017, lot 299