RPC VI, 3 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #4

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 3 (temporary)
Province Epirus
Region Epirus
City Nicopolis
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Elagabalus (Augustus)
Obverse inscription Α Κ Μ Α ΑΝΤωΝΕΙΝΟϹ Θ ΥΙΟϹ
Edition Α(ὐτοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Α(ὐρήλιος) Ἀντωνεῖνος Θ(εοῦ) υἰὸς
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus son of a God
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΝΕΙΚΟΠΟΛΕωϹ
Edition Νεικοπόλεως
Translation of Nicopolis
Reverse design galley with rowers, right; emperor(?) standing, right, on stern
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 22 mm
Average weight 7.72 g
Axis 4, 6, 10, 12
Reference Calomino 458, Oikonomidou 12-16, 18–20
Specimens 17 (7 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: G.632 Calomino 458.7 = Oikonomidou 16
2 2     P: 247 Calomino 458.4 = Oikonomidou 13
3 3     B: L1906 Calomino 458.2 = Oikonomidou 12β
4 4     ✸ C: McClean 5154 Calomino 458.9 = Oikonomidou 19
5 5     NY: 1944.100.18792 Calomino 458.6 = Oikonomidou 15
6 6     V: GR 11966 Calomino 458.3 = Oikonomidou 12γ
7 7     V: GR 11956 Calomino 458.8 = Oikonomidou 18
8 8     A: Evelpidis Calomino 458.5 = Oikonomidou 14
9 9     Arta Calomino 458.11 = Oikonomidou 28 (as Gordian III) = Arta hoard no. 120
10 10     Beirut Calomino 458.12 = Oikonomidou 9 = Athens/Beirut hoard no. 104
11 11     Milan: 2241 Calomino 458.14
12 12     N: 6821 Calomino 458.1 = Oikonomidou 12α
13 13     Preveza: Odeon Calomino 458.15
14 14     St Petersburg: 8224 Calomino 458.10 = Oikonomidou 20
15 15     Udine: 161-42 Calomino 458.16
16 16     Calomino 458.13
18 18     CGT coll.