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Image of specimen #2 |
URI | https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/6/553 json ttl rdf xml epidoc |
Volume | VI |
Number | 553 (temporary) |
Province | Thrace |
Region | Thrace |
City | Philippopolis |
Reign | Elagabalus |
Person (obv.) | Elagabalus (Augustus) |
Obverse inscription | ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ |
Edition | Αὐτ(οκράτορ) 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 | temple with six columns, within which Apollo standing, left, holding lyre and branch; in pediment, shield |
Metal | copper-based alloy |
Average diameter | 30 mm |
Average weight | 17.11 g |
Axis | 1 |
Reference | Varbanov, Philippopolis XVII.39.1.2 |
Specimens | 4 (1 in the core collections) |