RPC VI, 558 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 558 (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 wrestlers facing each other, grappling
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Average weight 16.33 g
Axis 6, 7
Reference Varbanov, Philippopolis XVII.19.1
Specimens 8 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1861,1112.25 BMC 44
2 2     ✸ Boston: 1984.15
3 3     CNG 469, 3 June 2020, lot 22
4 4     CNG EA 337, 22 Oct. 2014, lot 198
5 5     Gorny & Mosch 152, 10 Oct. 2006, lot 1671
6 6     Nomos 32, 8 June 2024, lot 104 = Lanz 109, May 2002, 683 = Lanz 109, 27 May 2002, lot 683
7 7     Wildwinds
8 8     Sofia: 2331