RPC VI, 597 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #12

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 597 (temporary)
Province Thrace
Region Thrace
City Philippopolis
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Elagabalus (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΥΡ(Η) ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρή(λιος) Ἀντωνεῖνος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
Obverse design laureate head of Elagabalus, right
Reverse inscription ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ
Edition Φιλιπποπολειτῶν νεωκόρων
Translation of the Philippopolitans, neocorate
Reverse design Hera standing facing, head left, holding patera and resting on long sceptre; (to left, altar)
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 19 mm
Average weight 4.15 g
Axis 1, 6, 7, 12
Reference Varbanov, Philippopolis XVII.29.1.1-5 and 29.2.
Specimens 18 (2 in the core collections)
Note Some ligatures in the reverse legend on some coins

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Lanz 97, 22 May 2000, lot 815
2 2     NY: 1944.100.16440
3 3     O
4 4     CGT coll.
5 5     CGT coll.
6 6     CGT coll.
7 7     CGT coll.
8 8     CGT coll.
9 9     Roma Numismatics EA 29, 27 Aug. 2016, lot 291
10 10     Leu EA 17, 14 Aug. 2021, lot 1595
11 11     Wildwinds
12 12     ✸ Gorny & Mosch 282, 14 Oct. 2021, lot 3492
13 13     Jean Elsen 97, 13 Sept. 2008, lot 487
14 14     Gorny & Mosch 274, 20 Nov. 2020, lot 2483
15 15     CNG EA 512, 23 Mar. 2022, lot 348
16 16     Sofia: 8726
17 17     Numismatik Naumann 131, 6 Aug. 2023, lot 424
18 18     The Coin Cabinet Ancients 9, 2 May 2024, lot 410