RPC VI, 1405 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 1405 (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 ΑΥΡΗ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ (or ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ) ΙΟΥΛΙΑ ΜΑΙϹΑ (or ΜΑΙϹΑ) ΑΥΓ(ΟΥϹ)
Obverse design laureate head of Elagabalus, right, facing diademed and draped bust of Julia Maesa, left
Reverse inscription ΥΠ ΙΟΥΛ ΑΝΤ ϹΕΛΕΥΚΟΥ ΜΑΡΚΙΑΝΟΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ Ε
Reverse design Athena standing facing, head left, holding inverted spear and owl; at her feet, shield
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Axis 1
Reference AMNG 946,Hristova & Jekov, Marcianopolis 6.28.3.1
Specimens 6 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: L1906 AMNG 946
2 2     ✸ Naumann Numismatik Naumann 42, 3 Apr. 2016, lot 368
3 3     Cop: 242
4 4 –5     Pfeiffer 471, 471.10
5 5     C. Rhodes coll.