RPC VI, 1426 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #8

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 1426 (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 ΑΥΓΟ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Ἀντωνεῖνος Αὐγ(ουστὸς) Ἰουλία Μαΐσα Αὔγο(υστα)
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 Hygieia standing facing, head left, feeding serpent from patera
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Average weight 11.58 g
Axis 1, 12
Reference AMNG 960,Hristova & Jekov, Marcianopolis 6.28.21.4
Specimens 8 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: 1908/5 Morel
2 2 –3     Budapest SNG 202-203
4 4     Plovdiv AMNG 960
5 5     CGT coll.
6 6 –7     Pfeiffer 479.13, 479.50
8 8     ✸ Solidus Online 14, 22 Apr. 2017, lot 325