RPC VI, 1428 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #8

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 1428 (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 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 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 27 mm
Average weight 10.86 g
Axis 6, 7, 12
Specimens 14 (2 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 1972.831
2 2     NY: 1974.226.9
3 3     Leeds-UL: 1424
4 4     CGT coll.
5 5     CGT coll.
6 6     CGT coll.
7 7     Dr. Busso Peus Nachfolger Auctions 410–411, 31 Oct. 2013, lot 652
8 8     ✸ Gerhard Hirsch Nachfolger 260, 12 Feb. 2009, lot 2173 = 263, 24 Sept. 2009, lot 2867
9 9     Gorny & Mosch EA 282, 14 Oct. 2021, lot 3223
10 10     Münzzentrum Rheinland 184, 16 May 2018, lot 265
11 11 –14     Pfeiffer 479, 479.11, 479.12, 479.13