RPC VI, 8870 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 8870 (temporary)
Province Syria Palaestina
Region Samaria
City Nysa-Scythopolis
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Elagabalus (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ Α ΑΝΤωΝΙΝΟϹ Ϲ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Α(ὐρήλιος) Ἀντωνῖνος Σ(εβαστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΝΥϹ ϹΚΥΘΟΠΟΛΕΙΤ
Edition Νυσ(αέων) Σκυθοπολειτ(ῶν)
Translation of the Nysaean Scythopolitans
Reverse design Dionysus advancing nude, right, wearing chlamys, holding long thyrsus and placing hand on the head of a small figure advancing, right; behind, panther seated, left, looking back
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 22 mm
Average weight 10.73 g
Axis 6, 7
Reference Barkay 72
Specimens 4 (0 in the core collections)

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