RPC VI, 1271 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 1271 (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 ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΥΡΗ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρή(λιος) Ἀντωνεῖνος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
Obverse design radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΥΠ ΝΟΒΙΟΥ ΡΟΥΦΟΥ ΝΙΚΟΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ ΠΡΟϹ ΙϹΤΡΟΝ (or ΙϹΤΡΩ)
Edition ὑπ(ατείας) Νοβίου Ῥούφου Νικοπολιτῶν πρός Ἴστρον
Translation during the (pro)consulship of Novius Rufus of the Nicopolitans by the Danube
Reverse design river god seated on boat, left, holding reed; behind, rock(?)
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 12.20 g
Axis 7
Reference Mouchmov 1471, AMNG 1953,HHJ Nicopolis 8.26.32.4
Specimens 3 (0 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     AMNG 1952
2 2     ✸ Rauch, Sept. 2008, 812 = HHJ Nicopolis 8.26.32.4
3 3     Classical Numismatic Group EA 549 (1 November 2023), lot 979 (part)