RPC VI, 1440 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 1440 (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 ΑΝΤ 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 Tyche standing facing, head left (or right), holding rudder and cornucopia
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 11.87 g
Axis 1, 6, 7, 12
Reference AMNG 970,Hristova & Jekov, Marcianopolis 6.28.38.2-3
Specimens 17 (3 in the core collections)
Note Variations in ligatures.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1898,0705.1
2 2     P: Y20243
3 3     Mu AMNG 970.1
4 4     N: 6301 AMNG 970.2 = Mi S. II, 100, 272
5 5     Turin: 1983 AMNG 970.3
6 6     AMNG 970.4 (Hardouin)
7 7     AMNG 970.5 (d'Ennery 3684)
8 8     CGT coll.
9 9     CGT coll.
10 10     CGT coll.
11 11     CGT coll.
12 12     CNG EA 273, 8 Feb. 2012, lot 94
13 13     ✸ Naumann Gitbud & Naumann 14, 2 Mar. 2014, lot 413
14 14     Pfeiffer 489
15 15     Varbanov 1, 1680
16 16     Ankara: 123-60/59-91 Sammlungen Türkei 24
17 17     Ankara: 60-40/37-91 Sammlungen Türkei 25