RPC VI, 513 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 513 (temporary)
Province Thrace
Region Thrace
City Philippopolis
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Elagabalus (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΥΡΗ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρή(λιος) Ἀντωνεῖνος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
Obverse design laureate and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕΩϹ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΠΟΛΕΩϹ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΟΥ
Edition μητροπόλεως Φιλιπποπόλεως νεωκόρου
Translation of the metropolis Philippopolis neocorate
Reverse design Ares standing, left, wearing helmet and holding shield behind his back
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 30 mm
Average weight 18.02 g
Axis 6, 7
Reference Varbanov, Philippopolis XVII.13.2
Specimens 7 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ O
2 2     Boston: 1987.325
3 3     Sofia: 7514
4 4     Gerhard Hirsch Nachfolg 293, 25 Sept. 2013, lot 2889
5 5     Gorny & Mosch 225, 14 Oct. 2014, lot 1799
6 6     Lischine 880a
7 7     Nomos obolos 2, 14 June 2015, lot 368