RPC VI, 559 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 559 (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 Tyche of the City seated on rock facing, holding corn ears; at her feet, river god swimming, left, holding prow on which the Tyche is resting her foot
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 30 mm
Average weight 15.45 g
Axis 6, 12
Reference Varbanov, Philippopolis XVII.20.1
Specimens 5 (2 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1874,0715.440 BMC 43
2 2     ✸ B: 18241022, 1905/1400
3 3     Sofia: 865
4 4     CGT coll.
5 5     Sofia: 2382