RPC VI, 1433 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 1433 (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 Αὔγ(ουστα)
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 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 Nike standing facing, head left, resting on small column, holding wreath and palm branch
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 12.19 g
Axis 6, 7, 9, 10, 11
Reference Hristova & Jekov, Marcianopolis 6.28.9.1
Specimens 8 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ CNG EA 151, 1 Nov. 2006, lot 143
2 2     CGT coll.
3 3     CGT coll.
4 4     T. Mullally coll.
5 5     P: 1972.832
6 6     Roma Numismatics EA 80, 4 Feb. 2021, lot 829
7 7     Pfeiffer 499
8 8     C. Rhodes coll.