RPC VI, 1429 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 1429 (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 ΠΥ (sic) ΙΟΥΛ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΟΥ ϹΕΛΕΥΚΟΥ ΜΑΡΚΙΑΝΟΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ Ε
Edition {π}ὑ<π>(ατείας) Ἰουλ(ίου) Ἀντωνίου Σελεύκου Μαρκιανοπολιτῶν εʹ
Translation during the (pro)consulship of Iulius Antonius Seleukos, of the Marcianopolitans, 5
Reverse design inscription within laurel wreath
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 12.26 g
Axis 1
Reference AMNG 974,Hristova & Jekov, Marcianopolis 6.28.54.1
Specimens 9 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: F1873 AMNG 974
2 2     Auktionshaus H. D. Rauch GmbH Summer 2007, 11 Sept. 2007, lot 778
3 3     ✸ Auktionshaus H. D. Rauch GmbH Summer 2010, 13 Sept. 2010, lot 965
4 4     Gorny & Mosch EA 282, 14 Oct. 2021, lot 3221
5 5     Auctiones 73, 19 Sept. 2021, lot 22
6 6     Pfeiffer 494
7 7     C. Rhodes coll.
8 8     S. Artishchev coll. = Russiancoin 209, 20 Feb. 2025, lot 826
9 9     Numismatik Naumann 151, 6 Apr. 2025, lot 229