RPC VI, 1531 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 1531 (temporary)
Province Moesia Inferior
Region Moesia
City Marcianopolis
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Elagabalus (Augustus)
Issue Group 2
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΥΡ(ΗΛΙΟϹ) ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ (or ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ)
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρήλιος Ἀντωνεῖνος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΜΑΡΚΙΑΝΟΠΟΛ(Ε)ΙΤΩΝ
Edition Μαρκιανοπολειτῶν
Translation of the Marcianopolitans
Reverse design cista from which a serpent rises, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 17 mm
Average weight 3.04 g
Axis 2
Reference AMNG 918–9, Hristova & Jekov, Marcianopolis 6.26.5.9 and 11
Specimens 4 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ B: 1915/83
2 2     Bucharest AMNG 919
3 3     Gotha AMNG 918
4 4     Savoca Coins Blue 204th Weekly Blue, 30 Mar. 2024, lot 220