RPC VI, 508 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 508 (temporary)
Province Thrace
Region Thrace
City Philippopolis
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Elagabalus (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΥΡΗ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ
Obverse design laureate and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕΩϹ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΠΟΛΕΩϹ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΟΥ
Reverse design Apollo standing facing, head left, holding laurel branch and bow
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 30 mm
Axis 6, 7
Reference Varbanov, Philippopolis XVII.12.2.2
Specimens 5 (2 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Helios 6, 9 Mar. 2011, lot 638
2 2     L: 1893,1007.17 BMC Philadelphia 92
3 3     L: 1921,0213.180
4 4     Wildwinds
5 5     Savoca 119 Blue, 27 Nov. 2021, lot 402 = Savoca 131 Blue, 23 Apr. 2022, lot 381