RPC VI, 525 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 525 (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 athlete, nude, standing facing, head right, right hand raised behind head and holding palm branch
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 30 mm
Average weight 16.56 g
Axis 6, 7
Reference Varbanov, Philippopolis XVII.18.3.3
Specimens 6 (0 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Yale: 2004.6.1079
2 2     CGT coll.
3 3     ✸ CNG EA 174, 10 Oct. 2007, lot 111
4 4     Nomos 32, 8 June 2024, lot 152 = Lanz 97, May 2000, 812
5 5     Wildwinds
6 6     Sofia: 4119