RPC VI, 1445 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 1445 (temporary)
Province Moesia Inferior
Region Moesia
City Marcianopolis
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Elagabalus (Augustus) ; Julia Soaemias (Augusta)
Magistrate Iulius Antonius Seleukos (legatus Augusti pro praetore)
Issue Group 2
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ ΑΥΓ ΙΟΥΛΙΑ ϹΟΥΑΙΜΙ
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus, right, seen from rear, facing draped bust of Julia Soaemias, left
Reverse inscription ΥΠ ΙΟΥΛ ΑΝΤ ϹΕΛΕΥΚΟΥ ΜΑΡΚΙΑΝΟΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ Ε
Reverse design Bonus Eventus or Apollo standing nude facing, head left, holding patera and corn ears
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Axis 1
Reference AMNG 981 ('Bonus Eventus'),Hristova & Jekov, Marcianopolis 6.27.7.1
Specimens 6 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1921,0520.9 ex Weber = AMNG 981.2?
2 2     Sofia AMNG 981.1
3 3     as Apollo in Varbanov 1, 1608
4 4     Berk Buy or Bid Sale 205, 18 Sept. 2018, lot 368
5 5     Pfeiffer 507.20
6 6     Varbanov 1, 1608