RPC VI, 8876 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 8876 (temporary)
Province Syria Palaestina
Region Samaria
City Nysa-Scythopolis
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Elagabalus (Augustus)
Issue ΑΠϹ = 281
Dating 218
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ Α ΑΝΤωΝΕΙΝΟϹ
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΝΥϹΑΕω ϹΚΥΘΟΠΟΛΕ ΙΕΡΑϹ ΑϹΥΛΟΥ ΑΠϹ
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 25 mm
Axis 1, 2, 6, 12
Reference Barkay 62
Specimens 5 (0 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     IMJ Sofaer 40
2 2     J-SBF Barkay 62.2 = Spijkerman 42 corr. (year 2)
3 3     J-SBF Barkay 62.3 = Spijkerman 43 corr. (year 2)
4 4     Barkay 62.1 = Rosenberger 45
5 5     ✸ CNG EA 210, 13 May 2009, lot 147