Æ17 - Elagabalus ΜΑΡΚΙΑΝΟΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ

Features

Issuer	Marcianopolis (Moesia Inferior)
Emperor	Elagabalus (Sextus Varius Avitus Basianus) (218-222)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	218-222
Currency	Antoninianus, Reform of Caracalla (AD 215 – 301)
Composition	Bronze
Weight	3.05 g
Diameter	17 mm
Shape	Round (irregular)
Technique	Hammered
Orientation	Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 458287
References	RPC Online VI# 1549 Roman Provincial Coinage (https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/) , AMNG I-I# 921 Behrendt Pick, Friedrich Imhoof-Blumer (ed.); 1898. Die antiken Münzen Nord-Griechenlands / Band 1.1. Die antiken Münzen Dacien und Moesien. Georg Reimer, Berlin, Germany.

Obverse

Laureate head of Elagabalus, right.

Script: Greek

Lettering:
ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ
or ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ

Unabridged legend: Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Ἀντωνῖνος

Translation: Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus

Reverse

Serpent coiled around staff, head left.

Script: Greek

Lettering: ΜΑΡΚΙΑΝΟΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ

Translation: [Coin] of the Marcianopolitans

Mint

Marcianopolis, Moesia, modern-day Devnya, Bulgaria

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
ND (218-222)

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