RPC VI, 1413 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #4

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 1413 (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 Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Ἀντωνεῖνος Αὔγουστος Ἰουλία Μαίσα Αὐγούστα 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 (or ΙΟΥΛ) ΑΝΤ ϹΕΛΕΥΚΟΥ (or ϹΕΛΕΥΚΟΥ) ΜΑΡΚΙΑΝΟΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ (or ΜΑΡΚΙΑΝΟΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ) Ε
Edition ὑπατείας Ἰουλίου Ἀντωνίου Σελεύκου Μαρκιανοπολιτῶν εʹ ὑπ(ατείας) Ἰουλ(ίου) Ἀντ(ωνίου) Σελεύκου Μαρκιανοπολιτῶν εʹ
Translation during the (pro)consulship of Iulius Antonius Seleukos, for the Marcianopolitans, 5
Reverse design Dionysus standing facing, head left, pouring wine from cantharus and holding long thyrsus
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 11.91 g
Axis 1, 6, 12
Reference AMNG 953, Hristova & Jekov, Marcianopolis 6.28.8.1
Specimens 11 (2 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: L1906 AMNG 952.1corr.
2 2     B: F1873 AMNG 953.1
3 3     Sofia AMNG 953.2
4 4     ✸ Bertolami Fine Arts - ACR Auctions 4, 5 Dec. 2011, lot 251 = Roma Numismatics Ltd 4, 30 Sept. 2012, lot 2373
5 5     CGT coll.
6 6     CGT coll.
7 7     CGT coll.
8 8     Davissons, EA 42, 8 Dec. 2021, lot 56
9 9     Pfeiffer 474
10 10     Münzgalerie München 2, 6 Apr. 2025, lot 1517
11 11     Antivm Numismatica E-Live 42, 19 July 2025, lot 149