RPC VI, 1230 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 1230 (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 Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Ἀντωνεῖνος Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρή(λιος) Ἀντωνεῖνος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
Obverse design radiate head of Elagabalus, right, with drapery
Reverse inscription ΥΠ ΝΟΒΙΟΥ ΡΟΥΦΟΥ ΝΙΚΟΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ ΠΡΟϹ ΙϹ
Edition ὑπατείας Νοβίου Ῥούφου Νικοπολιτῶν πρός Ἴστρῳ ὑπ(ατείας) Νοβίου Ῥούφου Νικοπολιτῶν πρός Ἴσ(τρῳ)
Translation during the (pro)consulship of Novius Rufus, of the Nicopolitans near the Danube
Reverse design Hygieia standing facing, head right, feeding serpent from patera
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 12.17 g
Axis 6
Reference Mouchmov 1462, AMNG 1942,HHJ Nicopolis 8.26.21.4
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ V: GR 08138 AMNG 1942
2 2     CGT coll.
3 3     Aphrodite Art Coins G11, 29 June 2025, lot 599