RPC VI, 1538 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #4

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 1538 (temporary)
Province Moesia Inferior
Region Moesia
City Marcianopolis
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Elagabalus (Augustus)
Issue Group 2
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΥΡ(Η) ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρή(λιος) Ἀντωνεῖνος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
Obverse design laureate head of Elagabalus, right
Reverse inscription ΜΑΡΚΙΑΝΟΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ
Edition Μαρκιανοπολιτῶν
Translation of the Marcianopolitans
Reverse design Homonoia standing facing, head left, wearing kalathos, holding cornucopia and patera
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 17 mm
Average weight 2.56 g
Axis 1, 6, 12
Reference AMNG 912–91; Hristova & Jekov, Marcianopolis 6.26.36.12-13
Specimens 22 (4 in the core collections)
Note Sometimes, no ligatures on the rev.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1874,0715.167 BMC 54 = AMNG 913
2 2     P: 634
3 3     V AMNG 912.3 = Arneth Sitzungsber 9, 895, 72
4 4     ✸ Savoca Numismatik 12, 22 Jan. 2017, lot 347 = Savoca 131 Blue, 23 Apr. 2022, lot 388
5 5     Roma Numismatics Ltd E-Sale 19, 1 Aug. 2015, lot 473
6 6     AMNG 912.2 (Weber Hamburg)
7 7     AMNG 912.4 = Mi S. II, 82, 165 (as Caracalla)
8 8     CGT coll.
9 9     CGT coll.
10 10     CGT coll.
11 11     CGT coll.
12 12     CGT coll.
13 13     Varbanov 1, 1377
14 14     Wildwinds
15 15     Wildwinds
16 16     Wildwinds
17 17     Leeds-UL: 519
18 18     L: 2009,4173.30
19 19 –21     Pfeiffer 439-439,2
20 20     Budapest SNG 190