RPC VI, 511 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 511 (temporary)
Province Thrace
Region Thrace
City Philippopolis
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Elagabalus (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΥΡΗ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕΩϹ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΠΟΛΕΩϹ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΟΥ
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 29 mm
Reference Varbanov, Philippopolis XVII.12.1.1
Specimens 2 (0 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Corpus Nummorum 11044
2 2     ✸ Nomos 9, 21 Oct. 2014, lot 277