RPC VI, 490 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 490 (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 with aegis, left, seen from rear, holding spear over shoulder (?)
Reverse inscription ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕΩϹ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΠΟΛΕΩϹ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΟΥ
Edition μητροπόλεως Φιλιπποπόλεως νεωκόρου
Translation of the metropolis Philippopolis neocorate
Reverse design emperor standing, right, wearing toga and holding sceptre, and Apollo standing, left, holding bow, both holding small temple with eight columns with shield in pediment, over agonistic crown
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 39 mm
Average weight 31.92 g
Axis 12
Reference Varbanov, Philippopolis -
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ V: GR 09045 not in Varbanov, Philippopolis