RPC VI, 30528 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

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 Αὐτ(οκράτορ) 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 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 25 mm
Average weight 8.56 g
Axis 6
Specimens 2 (0 in the core collections)
Note ΥΠΑΤΕΙ is a uniquely longer version of the normal ΥΠ(Α), standing for ὑπατεία.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ CNG EA 531, 25 Jan. 2023, lot 488
2 2     Private Coll.