RPC VI, 1273 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #5

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 1273 (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 ΑΥΡΗ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρή(λιος) Ἀντωνῖνος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΥΠ ΝΟΒΙΟΥ ΡΟΥΦΟΥ ΝΙΚΟΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ ΠΡΟϹ ΙϹΤΡΟΝ
Edition ὑπ(ατείας) Νοβίου Ῥούφου Νικοπολιτῶν πρός Ἴστρον
Translation during the (pro)consulship of Novius Rufus of the Nicopolitans by the Danube
Reverse design Sarapis standing facing, head left, holding sceptre and raising hand
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 12.54 g
Axis 12
Reference AMNG 1901, HHJ Nicopolis, 8.26.6.2 and 5
Specimens 8 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Mu: 457 AMNG 1901.1
2 2     Plovdiv AMNG 1901.2
3 3     Agora 53, 5 April 2016, lot 70
4 4     CGT coll.
5 5     ✸ CNG 347, 25 March 2015, lot 326 = CNG 310, Sept. 2013, 203
6 6     Wildwinds
7 7     Wildwinds
8 8     Savoca Coins Blue 242nd Weekly Blue, 23 Nov. 2024, lot 280