Watch List notes:

MOESIA INFERIOR. Nicopolis ad Istrum. Elagabalus. Tetrassarion (Bronze, 25 mm, 10.78 g, 6 h), Novius Rufus, legatus Augusti pro praetore. ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΥΡΗ ΑΝ[ΤΩΝЄΙΝΟC] Radiate head of Elagabalus to right. Rev. ΥΠ ΝΟΒΙΟΥ ΡΟΥΦΟΥ ΝΙΚΟΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ ΠΡΟC ΙCΤΡΟΝ Artemis advancing right, drawing arrow from quiver with her right hand and holding bow in her left; at feet to right, hunting dog springing right. RPC VI online 1155 (this coin). Varbanov 3971 var. (bust and legend). Very rare and with an attractive green patina. Struck slightly off center, otherwise, good very fine.


Ex Gorny E-Auction 274, 20 November 2020, 2276.