RPC VI, 534 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 534 (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 head bust of Elagabalus, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕΩϹ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΠΟΛΕΩϹ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΟΥ
Edition μητροπόλεως Φιλιπποπόλεως νεωκόρου μητροπόλεως Φιλιπποπόλεως νεωκόρου
Translation of the metropolis Philippopolis neocorate
Reverse design Hera standing facing, head left, holding patera and resting on long sceptre; (to left, altar)
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 11.82 g
Axis 6, 12
Reference Varbanov, Philippopolis XVII.29.1.6 and 29.2.1.3
Specimens 4 (0 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Fogerty Coll.
2 2     Varbanov, Philippopolis XVII.29.1.6.2
3 3     Varbanov, Philippopolis XVII.29.2.1.3
4 4     Savoca Coins Blue 160th Blue, 8–9 Apr. 2023, lot 985