RPC VI, 1490 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 1490 (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 ΑΥΡ(ΗΛΙ) ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρήλι(ος) Ἀντωνεῖνος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
Obverse design laureate head of Elagabalus, right
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 river god reclining, left, holding reed in front of head and resting on rock(?)
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 9.84 g
Axis 12
Reference Mouchmov 651, AMNG 835-7, Hristova & Jekov, Marcianopolis 6.26.32.1-2
Specimens 12 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ B: 1899/459 AMNG 836 = Mi S, II, 96, 246
2 2     Plovdiv AMNG 837
3 3     Sofia AMNG 835
4 4     CGT coll. = Pecunem 9, Nov. 2013, 309
5 5     Pfeiffer 356
6 6     Pfeiffer 359,10
7 7     Roma Numismatics EA 76, 5 Nov. 2020, lot 723
8 8     Varbanov 1, 1588
9 9     Varbanov 1, 1589
10 10     Wildwinds
11 11     Naville Numismatics 77, 13 Nov. 2022, lot 157
12 12     CNG EA 549, 1 Nov. 2023, lot 341