RPC VI, 500 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 500 (temporary)
Province Thrace
Region Thrace
City Philippopolis
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Elagabalus (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΥΡΗΛ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus, left, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕΩϹ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΠΟΛΕΩϹ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΟΥ
Reverse design three nude athletes; the one at left standing facing, head right; the one at right standing facing, head left; the one in the middle standing, left, looking back, bending over urn
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 41 mm
Reference Varbanov, Philippopolis XVII.3.1
Specimens 4 (0 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Baldwin's Markov M&M Numismatics L The New York Sale XXIII, 6 Jan. 2010, lot 58 = Gorny & Mosch 114, 4 Mar. 2002, lot 163
2 2     Fritz Rudolf Künker 193, 26 Sept. 2001, lot 887 = Baldwin's Auctions Ltd Dmitry MarkovM&M Numismatics The New York Sale XXIII, 6 Jan. 2010, lot 58
3 3     Gorny & Mosch 219, 10 Mar. 2014, lot 323
4 4     ✸ Lanz 109, May 2002, 681