RPC VI, 556 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 556 (temporary)
Province Thrace
Region Thrace
City Philippopolis
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Elagabalus (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΥΡΗΛ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρήλ(ιος) Ἀντωνεῖνος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
Obverse design laureate head of Elagabalus, right
Reverse inscription ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕΩϹ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΠΟΛΕΩϹ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΟΥ
Edition μητροπόλεως Φιλιπποπόλεως νεωκόρου
Translation of the metropolis Philippopolis neocorate
Reverse design two nude warriors standing facing each other, wearing helmet and clasping hands, one on the left holding spear, one on the right holding shield behind his back
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Average weight 15.99 g
Axis 7, 8
Reference Varbanov, Philippopolis XVII.44 (Castor and Pollux)
Specimens 9 (1 in the core collections)

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