RPC VI, 1408 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #7

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 1408 (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, draped 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 Bonus Eventus or Apollo standing nude facing, head left, holding patera and corn ears
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Average weight 12.17 g
Axis 1, 12
Reference Mouchmov 667, AMNG 949,Hristova & Jekov, Marcianopolis 6.28.7.1
Specimens 12 (4 in the core collections)
Note Hristova & Jekov, Marcianopolis 6.33.7.1 list the same type but for Tereventinus. However, the rev. legend is not clear from their photo, and obv of thειr coin clearly reads ΜΑΙϹΑ ΑΥΓ, the form of legend which is attested only for Seleucus.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 648
2 2     B: 1902/074
3 3     O
4 4     O
5 5     Budapest SNG 200
6 6     Sofia AMNG 949 = RN 1893, 72, 14
7 7     ✸ CNG 103, 14 Sept. 2016, lot 556
8 8     CNG EA 159, 28 Feb. 2007, lot 125 = CNG EA 328, 11 June 2014, lot 269
9 9     Pfeiffer 472.5
10 10     Solidus Online 15, 20 May 2017, lot 134
11 11     Varbanov 1, 1661
12 12     Savoca EA 209 Silver, 28 Apr. 2024, lot 202