RPC VI, 510 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 510 (temporary)
Province Thrace
Region Thrace
City Philippopolis
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Elagabalus (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Ἀντωνεῖνος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus, left, seen from rear, holding spear and decorated shield
Reverse inscription ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕΩϹ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΠΟΛΕΩϹ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΟΥ
Edition μητροπόλεως Φιλιπποπόλεως νεωκόρου
Translation of the metropolis Philippopolis neocorate
Reverse design Apollo standing facing, head right, raising arm on his head and resting on lyre placed on tripod
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 30 mm
Average weight 15.34 g
Axis 6, 7
Reference Varbanov, Philippopolis XVII.12.1.2
Specimens 8 (1 in the core collections)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     V: GR 09049
2 2     CGT coll.
3 3     CNG 174, Oct. 2007, 113
4 4     ✸ CNG 279, May 2012, 164
5 5     Gorny & Mosch 225, 14 Oct. 2014, lot 1800
6 6     Gorny & Mosch 265, 14 Oct. 2019, lot 877
7 7     Wildwinds
8 8     Leu WA 33, 15 Mar. 2025, lot 1659 = Leu WA 32, 7–10 Dec. 2024, lot 1063