RPC VI, 1527 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #7

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 1527 (temporary)
Province Moesia Inferior
Region Moesia
City Marcianopolis
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Elagabalus (Augustus)
Issue Group 2
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ
Obverse design laureate head of Elagabalus, right
Reverse inscription ΜΑΡΚΙΑΝΟΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ (or ΜΑΡΚΙΑΝΟΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ)
Reverse design basket filled with fruit
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 17 mm
Axis 1, 3, 6
Reference AMNG 931,Hristova & Jekov, Marcianopolis 6.26.52.1-2
Specimens 11 (2 in the core collections)
Note There seem to be two baskets of a different shape, but it is not clear if this is significant.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: 1920/649
2 2     V AMNG 931.1 = Mi S. II, 83, 173 = Arneth Sitzungsber 9, 892, 23 (as Caracalla)
3 3     Budapest SNG 192
4 4     AMNG 931.2 = Mi S. II, 83, 174 (as Caracalla)
5 5     CGT coll.
6 6     CNG EA 79, 17 Dec. 2003, lot 56
7 7     ✸ Helios Numismatik 7, 12 Dec. 2011, lot 435
8 8     Numismatik Naumann 45, 3 July 2016, lot 352
9 9     Pfeiffer 456
10 10     Wildwinds
11 11     Nomos obolos 27, 19 Mar. 2023, lot 440