RPC VI, 500 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 500 (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 three nude athletes; the one at left standing facing, head right; the one at right standing facing, head left; the one in the middle standing, left, looking back, bending over urn
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 41 mm
Average weight 35.35 g
Reference Varbanov, Philippopolis XVII.3.1
Specimens 4 (0 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     Baldwin's Markov M&M Numismatics L The New York Sale XXIII, 6 Jan. 2010, lot 58 = Gorny & Mosch 114, 4 Mar. 2002, lot 163
2 2     Fritz Rudolf Künker 193, 26 Sept. 2001, lot 887 = Baldwin's Auctions Ltd Dmitry MarkovM&M Numismatics The New York Sale XXIII, 6 Jan. 2010, lot 58
3 3     Gorny & Mosch 219, 10 Mar. 2014, lot 323
4 4     ✸ Lanz 109, May 2002, 681