RPC VI, 8868 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 8868 (temporary)
Province Syria Palaestina
Region Samaria
City Nysa-Scythopolis
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Elagabalus (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΝΤωΝ(Ε)ΙΝΟϹ Ϲ(Ε)
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀντωνεῖνος Σε(βαστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Antoninus Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΝΥϹΑ ϹΚΥΘΟΠΟΛ
Reverse design turreted Tyche of the City seated, right, cradling infant Dionysus
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 9.26 g
Axis 12
Reference Barkay 74a-c
Specimens 5 (0 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Barkay 74a = Rosenberger 42corr. (year 5)
2 2     Barkay 74b = Spijkerman 47
3 3     Barkay 74c
4 4     ✸ CNG EA 367, 27 Jan. 2016, lot 398
5 5     Verona: 75396 SNG 2258