RPC VI, 1427 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #13

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 1427 (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(Η) ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ (or ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ) ΑΥΓ ΙΟΥΛΙΑ ΜΑΙϹΑ (or ΜΑΙϹΑ) ΑΥΓ(ΟΥϹ)
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρή(λιος) Ἀντωνεῖνος Αὔγ(ουστος) Ἰουλία Μαίσα Αὐγούσ(τα)
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 (or 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 right, feeding serpent from patera
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Average weight 12.12 g
Axis 1, 6, 7
Reference AMNG 958
Specimens 13 (3 in the core collections)
Note Sometimes some letters have ligatures.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 1993.857
2 2     Mu AMNG 958 = Mi S. II, 99, 267
3 3     O
4 4     Auktionshaus H. D. Rauch GmbH 73, 17 May 2004, lot 415
5 5     CGT coll.
6 6     CGT coll.
7 7     CGT coll.
8 8     CNG EA 228, 24 Feb. 2010, lot 179
9 9     Gorny & Mosch 142, 10 Oct. 2005, lot 1818
10 10 –12     Pfeiffer 478, 478.20, 479.10
13 13     ✸ Roma Numismatics Ltd E-Sale 35, 3 May 2017, lot 519