RPC VI, 489 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 489 (temporary)
Province Thrace
Region Thrace
City Philippopolis
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Elagabalus (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΥΡΗΛ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρήλ(ιος) Ἀντωνεῖνος Σεβ(αστὸς)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus, left, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕΩϹ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΠΟΛΕΩϹ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΟΥ
Edition μητροπόλεως Φιλιπποπόλεως νεωκόρου
Translation of the metropolis Philippopolis neocorate
Reverse design emperor standing facing in military dress, head left, holding spear and patera over lighted altar at his feet, left, between two vexilla, altar
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 42 mm
Reference Varbanov, Philippopolis X
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)
Note For the same typeVII.7 at Perinthus , see https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/51011

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