RPC VI, 494 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #8

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 494 (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 Heracles standing facing, head left, holding lion skin and resting on club
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 41 mm
Average weight 35.63 g
Axis 12
Reference Varbanov, Philippopolis XVII.9.1
Specimens 10 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Cop: 784
2 2     Harvard: 2009.110.161
3 3     Athens excavations = Kroll 447
4 4     CGT coll.
5 5     CNG EA 441, 3 Apr. 2019, lot 298
6 6     Lanz 120, May 2004, 441
7 7     Nomos 10, 18 May 2015, lot 115
8 8     ✸ Triton X, Jan. 2007, 695
9 9     Wildwinds
10 10     Sofia: 6070