RPC VI, 1456 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #5

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 1456 (temporary)
Province Moesia Inferior
Region Moesia
City Marcianopolis
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Elagabalus (Augustus)
Magistrate Iulius Antonius Seleukos (legatus Augusti pro praetore)
Issue Group 2
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΥΡΗΛΙ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρήλι(ος) Ἀντωνεῖνος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΥΠ ΙΟΥΛ ΑΝΤ ϹΕΛΕΥΚΟΥ ΜΑΡΚΙΑΝΟΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ
Edition ὑπ(ατείας) Ἰουλ(ίου) Ἀντ(ωνίου) Σελεύκου Μαρκιανοπολιτῶν
Translation during the (pro)consulship of Iulius Antonius Seleukos, of the Marcianopolitans
Reverse design Apollo (?) nude standing facing, head left, holding chlamys and patera over lighted altar
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 10.29 g
Axis 5, 6, 7, 12
Reference AMNG 822 corr., Hristova & Jekov, Marcianopolis 6.26.7.2
Specimens 6 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     V: GR 07917 AMNG 822 = Mi S, II, 94, 236 (as Apollo)
2 2     CGT coll.
3 3     CGT coll.
4 4     CGT Coll
5 5     ✸ Pfeiffer 342
6 6     C. Rhodes coll.