RPC VI, 1381 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #8

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 1381 (temporary)
Province Moesia Inferior
Region Moesia
City Marcianopolis
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Elagabalus (Augustus)
Magistrate Iulius Antonius Seleukos (legatus Augusti pro praetore)
Issue Group 1
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΥΡΗΛΙΟϹ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΥΠ ΙΟΥΛ ΑΝΤ ϹΕΛΕΥΚΟΥ ΜΑΡΚΙΑΝΟΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ (or ΙΟΥΛ ΑΝΤ ϹΕΛΕΥΚΟΥ ΜΑΡΚΙΑΝΟΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ)
Reverse design Demeter standing facing, head left, holding corn ears downwards and long torch
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Axis 5, 6, 12
Reference Mouchmov 722, AMNG 819–20,Hristova & Jekov, Marcianopolis 6.26.5.5-7
Specimens 9 (3 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1859,1219.122 BMC 49 = AMNG 819.1
2 2     L: 1842,0729.10 BMC 50 = AMNG 819.2
3 3     P AMNG 820.1
4 4     Sofia AMNG 819.3
5 5     Turin: 1981 AMNG 820.2
6 6     AMNG 819.4 = Mi S, II, 95, 243
7 7     CGT coll.
8 8     ✸ CNG EA 126, 9 Nov. 2005, lot 142
9 9     Savoca Coins Blue 202nd Weekly Blue, 23 Mar. 2024, lot 191