RPC VI, 536 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #5

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 536 (temporary)
Province Thrace
Region Thrace
City Philippopolis
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Elagabalus (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΥΡΗ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Ἀντωνεῖνος 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 μητροπόλεως Φιλιπποπόλεως νεωκόρου
Translation of the metropolis Philippopolis neocorate
Reverse design Heracles standing, right, resting on club placed on rocks, holding lion skin
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 30 mm
Average weight 16.30 g
Axis 6, 7
Reference Varbanov, Philippopolis XVII.30
Specimens 10 (3 in the core collections)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1921,0213.197
2 2     P: 1340
3 3     P: 1339 Mi S. II, 476, 1623
4 4     CGT coll. = Naville Auction 37, 28 Jan. 2018, lot 158
5 5     ✸ CNG Triton XXIV, 19 Jan. 2021, lot 885
6 6     Gorny & Mosch 196, 7 Mar. 2011, lot 2046
7 7     Lischine 880
8 8     Wildwinds
9 9     Sofia: 1039
10 10     Eid Mar Auctions 15, 25 May 2025, lot 172