RPC VI, 493 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 493 (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 bust of Elagabalus, right, wearing cuirass with Gorgon's head, and aegis, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕΩϹ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΠΟΛΕΩϹ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΟΥ
Edition μητροπόλεως Φιλιπποπόλεως νεωκόρου
Translation of the metropolis Philippopolis neocorate
Reverse design Heracles standing facing, head left, holding lion skin and resting on club
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 41 mm
Average weight 36.08 g
Axis 1, 2, 12
Reference Varbanov, Philippopolis XVII.9.2
Specimens 10 (3 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Lischine 879
2 2     Missere 114
3 3     ✸ Ira & Larry Goldberg 75, Sept. 2013, 2628 (tooled surfaces) = CNG EA 473, 29 July 2020, lot 180
4 4     P: 1353 Mi I, 419, 358(?)
5 5     V: GR 0946
6 6     CGT coll. ex VCoins Rutten & Wieland ex Lanz 56 (1991), lot 622
7 7     Sofia: 10840
8 8     B: 18241916
10 10     Leu EA 19, 26 Feb. 2022, lot 2047
11 11     A-KIKPE Pecunem Numismatik Naumann 43, 1 May 2016, lot 557 = SNG Kikpe II, 324