RPC I, 4832

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 4832
Province Syria
Region Samaria
City Nysa-Scythopolis
Reign Claudius
Issue Year 115
Dating AD 51/2
Obverse inscription L ΕΙΡ
Edition (ἔτους) ειρʹ
Translation of year 115
Obverse design head of Dionysus wearing ivy wreath, right
Reverse inscription ΝΥϹΑΙΕΩΝ ΤΩΝ ΚΑΙ ϹΚΥΘΟΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ
Edition Νυσαιέων τῶν καὶ Σκυθοπoλιτῶν
Translation of the Nysaeans also called Scythopolitans
Reverse design inscription in wreath
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 19 mm
Average weight 6.16 g
Axis 1, 12
Reference Spijkerman 3, Barkay 10
Specimens 5 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     NY: 0000.999.28925 SNG 1045
2 2     IMJ Y. Meshorer, IEJ 1976, 142 = Spijkerman, pl. 41.3 = Rosenberger 5
3 3     ✸ IMJ Sofaer 1
4 4     CGT coll.
5 5     Nomos obolos 20, 3 Oct. 2021, lot 451