RPC VI, 1421 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

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
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρή(λιος) Ἀντωνεῖνος Αὔγ(ουστος) Ἰουλία Μαίσα Αὐγ(ούστα)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus, Julia Maesa Augusta
Obverse design laureate head of Elagabalus, right, 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 Hestia (?) standing facing, head left, holding patera over lighted altar and staff (?)
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 10.71 g
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

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Pfeiffer 498