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(οκράτορ) 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

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