RPC VI, 544 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 544 (temporary)
Province Thrace
Region Thrace
City Philippopolis
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Elagabalus (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΥΡΗ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτορ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρή(λιος) Ἀντωνεῖνος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
Obverse design laureate, cuirassed and draped bust of Elagabalus, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕΩϹ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΠΟΛΕΩϹ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΟΥ
Edition μητροπόλεως Φιλιπποπόλεως νεωκόρου
Translation of the metropolis Philippopolis neocorate
Reverse design inscription within laurel wreath
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Average weight 15.79 g
Axis 1, 12
Reference Varbanov, Philippopolis XVII.34.2
Specimens 9 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Varbanov 3, 1731
2 2     CGT coll.
3 3     ✸ Naville Numismatics 55, 9 Feb. 2020, lot 175 = Naville Numismatics 39, 29 Apr. 2018, lot 130
4 4     Naumann 65, 6 May 2018, lot 302
5 5     Varbanov 3, 1732
6 6     Wildwinds
7 7     B: 18241027, 1906 Löbbecke
8 8     Savoca EA 133 Silver, 15 May 2022, lot 149
9 9     Sofia: 3100