RPC VI, 1497 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 1497 (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 head of Elagabalus, right
Reverse inscription ΥΠ ΙΟΥΛ ΑΝΤ ϹΕΛΕΥΚΟΥ ΜΑΡΚΙΑΝΟΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ (or ΜΑΡΚΙΑΝΟΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ)
Edition ὑπ(ατείας) Ἰουλ(ίου) Ἀντ(ωνίου) Σελεύκου Μαρκιανοπολιτῶν
Translation during the (pro)consulship of Iulius Antonius Seleukos, of the Marcianopolitans
Reverse design Zeus seated, left, holding patera and long sceptre
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 10.02 g
Axis 1, 12
Reference AMNG 811–2, Hristova & Jekov, Marcianopolis 6.26.1.2
Specimens 11 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Mu: 310 AMNG 811.2
2 2     NY: 1944.100.15295
3 3     Bucharest AMNG 811.1
4 4     Bucharest AMNG 812.1
5 5     Plovdiv AMNG 812.2
6 6     CGT coll.
7 7     CGT coll.
8 8 –10     Pfeiffer 334-336
9 9     Artemide Aste 61E, 7 - 8 Jan. 2023, lot 607