RPC VI, 517 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #4

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 517 (temporary)
Province Thrace
Region Thrace
City Philippopolis
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Elagabalus (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΥΡΗΛ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρήλ(ιος) Ἀντωνεῖνος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
Obverse design laureate head of Elagabalus, right
Reverse inscription ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕΩϹ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΠΟΛΕΩϹ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΟΥ
Edition μητροπόλεως Φιλιπποπόλεως νεωκόρου
Translation of the metropolis Philippopolis neocorate
Reverse design Asclepius standing, facing, head right, resting on serpent-staff
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Average weight 15.18 g
Axis 6, 7
Reference Varbanov, Philippopolis XVII.15.1.1.2
Specimens 6 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1861,1112.24 BMC 45
2 2     NY: 1988.13.58
3 3     Gorny & Mosch EA 282, 14 Oct. 2021, lot 3491
4 4     ✸ Lanz 149, 24 June 2010, lot 472 = Gorny & Mosch 284, 7 Mar. 2022, lot 508
5 5     Sofia: 2361
6 6     Sofia: 6602