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 28 mm
Average weight 16.16 g
Axis 7, 8
Reference Varbanov, Philippopolis XVII.44 (Castor and Pollux)
Specimens 11 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Lanz 106, Nov. 2001, 593
2 2     CNG EA 174, 10 Oct. 2007, lot 112
3 3     CNG EA 345, 25 Feb. 2015, lot 402
4 4     CNG EA 444, 15 May 2019, lot 262
5 5     B: 18241026, 1866/28773
6 6     Sofia: 5864
8 8     C. Rhodes coll.
9 9     Concordia Numismatic 24, 23 Jan. 2025, lot 574 = Naumann 115, 3 Apr. 2022, lot 562 = Naumann 118, 3 July 2022, lot 460
10 10     Eid Mar Auctions GmbH 9, 23 Feb. 2025, lot 98
11 11     Numismatik Naumann 153, 1 June 2025, lot 343
12 12     Eid Mar Auctions 16, 15 June 2025, lot 123