RPC VI, 30528 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 30528 (temporary)
Province Moesia Inferior
Region Moesia
City Nicopolis ad Istrum
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Elagabalus (Augustus)
Magistrate Titus Flavius Novius Rufus (legatus Augusti pro praetore)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Ἀντωνεῖνος Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Ἀντωνεῖνος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
Obverse design radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΥΠΑΤΕΙ ΝΟΒΙΟΥ ΡΟΥΦΟΥ ΝΙΚΟΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ ΠΡΟϹ ΙϹΤΡΟΝ
Edition ὑπατείας Νοβίου Ῥούφου Νικοπολιτῶν πρός Ἴστρον ὑπατεί(ας) Νοβίου Ῥούφου Νικοπολιτῶν πρός Ἴστρον
Translation during the (pro)consulship of Novius Rufus, of the Nicopolitans near the Danube
Reverse design Hermes standing facing, head left, holding caduceus, purse and chlamys
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 10.54 g
Axis 6
Specimens 3 (0 in the core collections)
Note ΥΠΑΤΕΙ is a uniquely longer version of the normal ΥΠ(Α), standing for ὑπατεία.
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ CNG EA 531, 25 Jan. 2023, lot 488
2 2     Private Coll.
3 3     Eid Mar Auctions 19, 17 Aug. 2025, lot 110 = Eid Mar Auctions GmbH 15, 25 May 2025, lot 148