RPC VI, 1550 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #10

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 1550 (temporary)
Province Moesia Inferior
Region Moesia
City Marcianopolis
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Elagabalus (Augustus)
Issue Group 2
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΥΡ(Η)(Λ) ΑΝΤΩΝ(Ε)ΙΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρήλ(ιος) 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 serpent coiled around staff, head right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 17 mm
Average weight 2.65 g
Axis 6, 7, 9, 12
Reference AMNG 920, 922, Hristova & Jekov, Marcianopolis 6.26.17.6
Specimens 12 (1 in the core collections)
Note On the obv., sometimes, ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟⳞ; on the rev., sometimes, no ligatures.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Sofia AMNG 922
2 2     Auktionshaus H. D. Rauch GmbH E-23, 24 June 2017, lot 1686
3 3     CGT coll.
4 4     CGT coll.
5 5     CGT coll.
6 6     CGT coll.
7 7     CNG EA 281, 20 June 2012, lot 187
8 8     Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles 72, 5 Feb. 2013, lot 4692
9 9     Pfeiffer 448
10 10     ✸ Roma Numismatics Ltd 4, 30 Sept. 2012, lot 2359
11 11     Roma Numismatics Ltd E-Sale 26, 30 Apr. 2016, lot 433
12 12     V: GR 7872