RPC VI, 1258


Image of specimen #1

Coin type
URI	https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/6/1258 json ttl rdf xml
Volume	VI
Number	1258 (temporary)
Province	Moesia Inferior
Region	Moesia
City	Nicopolis ad Istrum
Reign	Elagabalus
Person (obv.)	Elagabalus (Augustus)
Magistrate	Titus Flavius Novius Rufus (legatus Augusti pro praetore)
Obverse inscription	ΑΥ Κ Μ ΑΥΡ(Η) ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ
Obverse design	laureate head of Elagabalus, right, with drapery
Reverse inscription	ΥΠ ΝΟΒΙΟΥ ΡΟΥΦΟΥ ΝΙΚΟΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ ΠΡΟϹ ΙϹΤΡΟΝ
Reverse design	nude male figure (Apollo?) standing, left, seen from the back, holding chlamys and leaning on serpent-staff
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average diameter	25 mm
Reference	AMNG 1929 (Hermes, Asclepius or Apollo?),HHJ Nicopolis 8.26.18.2 (Hermes)
Specimens	5 (1 in the core collections)