RPC VI, 1533 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #11

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 1533 (temporary)
Province Moesia Inferior
Region Moesia
City Marcianopolis
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Elagabalus (Augustus)
Issue Group 2
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΥΡ(Η)(Λ) ΑΝΤΩΝ(Ε)ΙΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρήλ(ιος) Ἀντωνεῖνος
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 crescent enclosing one, three or four stars
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 16 mm
Average weight 2.72 g
Axis 6, 12
Reference AMNG 932–3,Hristova & Jekov, Marcianopolis 6.26.48.1-3
Specimens 14 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: 1915/60
2 2     Bucharest AMNG 932
3 3 –4     Budapest SNG 197-198
5 5     Gotha AMNG 933.1 = Mi S. II, 83, 172 (as Caracalla)
6 6     St Petersburg AMNG 933.2
7 7     CGT coll.
8 8     CGT coll.
9 9     CGT coll.
10 10     CNG EA 226, 27 Jan. 2010, lot 341
11 11     ✸ Naumann Numismatik Naumann 42, 3 Apr. 2016, lot 370
12 12     Numismatik Lanz München 97, 22 May 2000, lot 807 = CNG EA 226, 27 Jan. 2010, lot 340
13 13     Pfeiffer 457, 457.10, 457.20, 457.21
14 14     Savoca 123rd Blue Auction, 15 Jan. 2022, lot 552