RPC VI, 521 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 521 (temporary)
Province Thrace
Region Thrace
City Philippopolis
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Elagabalus (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΥΡΗΛ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Ἀντωνεῖνος Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρήλ(ιος) Ἀντωνεῖνος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus, right, from rear
Reverse inscription ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕΩϹ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΠΟΛΕΩϹ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΟΥ
Edition μητροπόλεως Φιλιπποπόλεως νεωκόρου μητροπόλεως Φιλιπποπόλεως νεωκόρου
Translation of the metropolis Philippopolis neocorate
Reverse design athlete, nude, advancing left, looking back, holding palm branch and wreath
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 30 mm
Average weight 16.78 g
Axis 1
Reference Varbanov, Philippopolis XVII.18.1.3
Specimens 2 (0 in the core collections)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ CNG EA 576, 4 Dec. 2024, lot 322 = Nomos 32, 8 June 2024, lot 143 = Gorny & Mosch 138, 7 March 2005, lot 1665
2 2     Varbanov 1707 (PC)