RPC VI, 1434 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #8

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 1434 (temporary)
Province Moesia Inferior
Region Moesia
City Marcianopolis
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Elagabalus (Augustus) ; Julia Maesa (Augusta)
Magistrate Iulius Antonius Seleukos (legatus Augusti pro praetore)
Issue Group 2
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ (or ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ ΑΥΓ) ΙΟΥΛΙΑ ΜΑΙϹΑ (ΑΥΓ)
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus, right, seen from rear, facing diademed and draped bust of Julia Maesa, left
Reverse inscription ΥΠ ΙΟΥΛ ΑΝΤ ϹΕΛΕΥΚΟΥ (or ϹΕΛΕΥΚΟΥ) ΜΑΡΚΙΑΝΟΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ (or ΜΑΡΚΙΑΝΟΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ, ΜΑΡΚΙΑΝΟΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ) Ε
Reverse design Sarapis standing facing, head left, holding long sceptre and raising hand
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Axis 1, 6, 12
Reference AMNG 937–8,Hristova & Jekov, Marcianopolis 6.28.6.3-4
Specimens 9 (3 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: L1906 AMNG 937
2 2     NY: 1944.100.15302
3 3     O
4 4     AMNG 938
5 5     CGT coll.
6 6     CGT coll.
7 7     CNG EA 373, 20 Apr. 2016, lot 261
8 8     ✸ Gorny & Mosch Online 247, 10 Mar. 2017, lot 4150
9 9     Pfeiffer 466