RPC VI, 523 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 523 (temporary)
Province Thrace
Region Thrace
City Philippopolis
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Elagabalus (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Ἀντωνεῖνος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus, left, holding spear and decorated shield, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕΩϹ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΠΟΛΕΩϹ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΟΥ
Edition μητροπόλεως Φιλιπποπόλεως νεωκόρου
Translation of the metropolis Philippopolis neocorate
Reverse design athlete, nude, standing facing, holding javelin and discus
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 31 mm
Average weight 16.23 g
Axis 7
Reference Varbanov, Philippopolis XVII.18.6
Specimens 3 (0 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Gorny & Mosch 271, 29 May 2020, lot 344
2 2     ✸ Lanz 117, Nov. 2003, lot 999
3 3     Leu EA 9, 7 Sept. 2019, lot 657