RPC VI, 1332


Image of specimen #4

Coin type
URI	https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/6/1332 json ttl rdf xml epidoc
Volume	VI
Number	1332 (temporary)
Province	Moesia Inferior
Region	Moesia
City	Nicopolis ad Istrum
Reign	Elagabalus
Person (obv.)	Elagabalus (Augustus)
Obverse inscription	ΑΥΤ Μ ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ
Edition	Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Ἀντωνῖνος
Translation	Emperor Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
Obverse design	laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription	ΝΙΚΟΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ ΠΡΟϹ ΙϹΤΡΟΝ
Edition	Νικοπολιτῶν πρός Ἴστρον
Translation	of the Nicopolitans on the Istrus
Reverse design	Dionysus standing facing, head left, holding long thyrsus and bunch of grapes
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average diameter	17 mm
Average weight	2.95 g
Axis	12
Reference	Mouchmov 1398, HHJ, Nicopolis 8.26.8.6–7
Specimens	7 (1 in the core collections)