RPC VI, 1527 (temporary)

 

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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
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) 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 basket filled with fruit
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 17 mm
Average weight 2.79 g
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.
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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