RPC VI, 1544 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #5

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 1544 (temporary)
Province Moesia Inferior
Region Moesia
City Marcianopolis
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Elagabalus (Augustus)
Issue Group 2
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΥΡ(Η) ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ (or ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ)
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρή(λιος) Ἀντωνῖνος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
Obverse design laureate head of Elagabalus, right
Reverse inscription ΜΑΡΚΙΑΝΟΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ (or ΜΑΡΚΙΑΝΟΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ)
Edition Μαρκιανοπολιτῶν
Translation of the Marcianopolitans
Reverse design lighted garlanded altar
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 17 mm
Average weight 2.66 g
Axis 6, 12
Reference AMNG 927–8,Hristova & Jekov, Marcianopolis 6.26.47.7–8
Specimens 11 (0 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     A: 823 AMNG 927.1
2 2     Bucharest AMNG 928.1
3 3     AMNG 927.2 (Welzl 1332, as Caracalla)
4 4     AMNG 928.2 = Mi S. II, 83, 171
5 5     ✸ Dr. Busso Peus Nachfolger 398, 28 Apr. 2009, lot 597 = 403, 27 Apr. 2011, lot 240
6 6     Numismatik Lanz München 97, 22 May 2000, lot 806
7 7     Pfeiffer 452,10
8 8     Varbanov 1, 1379
9 9     CGT coll.
10 10     CGT coll.
11 11     Savoca Coins Blue 242nd Weekly Blue, 23 Nov. 2024, lot 224