RPC VI, 520 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #6

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 520 (temporary)
Province Thrace
Region Thrace
City Philippopolis
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Elagabalus (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus, left, holding spear and decorated shield, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕΩϹ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΠΟΛΕΩϹ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΟΥ
Reverse design athlete, nude, advancing left, looking back, holding palm branch and wreath
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Axis 1, 6, 7, 12
Reference Varbanov, Philippopolis XVII.18.1.4
Specimens 9 (3 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: 18241025, 1853 Rauch
2 2     Mu: 19a
3 3     V: GR 09050 GIC 626c.1
4 4     CGT coll.
5 5     CGT coll.
6 6     ✸ Lanz 138, 26 Nov. 2007, lot 767 ex Gemini LLC Auction II, 11 Jan. 2006, lot 500
7 7     Nomos 9, 21 Aug. 2014, lot 276
8 8     Savoca 119 Blue, 27 Nov. 2021, lot 401
9 9     Sofia: 1316