RPC VI, 1421 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 1421 (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 ΑΥΓ ΙΟΥΛΙΑ ΜΑΙϹΑ ΑΥΓ
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 Hestia (?) standing facing, head left, holding patera over lighted altar and staff (?)
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Axis 12
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)
Note A similar type (without the altar) appaers under Alexander: https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/79656 and https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/82638
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Pfeiffer 498