RPC VI, 576 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #5

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 576 (temporary)
Province Thrace
Region Thrace
City Philippopolis
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Elagabalus (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτορ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Ἀντωνεῖνος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
Obverse design laureate head of Elagabalus, right(with aegis)
Reverse inscription ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ
Edition Φιλιπποπολειτῶν νεωκόρων
Translation of the Philippopolitans, neocorate
Reverse design Apollo standing facing, head left, holding patera and laurel branch
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 19 mm
Average weight 4.34 g
Axis 12
Reference Varbanov, Philippopolis XVII.12.4.1-2
Specimens 6 (0 in the core collections)
Note Not all dies have ligatures.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Milan SNG 569
3 3     CGT coll.
4 4     CNG 730597
5 5     ✸ FAC 632
6 6 –7     see Varbanov, Philippopolis XVII.12.4.3