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URI | https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/6/556 json ttl rdf xml epidoc |
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) |