RPC VI, 8877 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 8877 (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 ΥΑ (sic) ΑΝΤωΝΙΝΟϹ ϹΕ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Αὐήλιος Ἀντωνῖνος Σεβαστός Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) <Α>ὐ{ρ}(ήλιος) Ἀντωνῖνος Σε(βαστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus
Obverse design radiate head of Elagabalus, right
Reverse inscription ΝΥϹ(Α) ϹΚΥ ΑΠϹ
Edition Νῦσα Σκυθόπολις απσʹ Νῦσα Σκυ(θόπολις) απσʹ
Translation Nysa Scythopolis, 281
Reverse design front view of temple with four columns with arcuated lintel, the ceiling decorated with a shell-pattern, in front of which Tyche of the City standing facing, head right, placing foot on river god swimming, right, resting on long sceptre and holding cornucopia
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 12.76 g
Axis 1, 12
Reference Barkay 61-61a corr.
Specimens 10 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     NY: 1944.100.69166 SNG 1051 = Barkay 61.3
2 2     IMJ Barkay 61.1 = Sofaer 39
3 3     Barkay 61.2 = Rosenberger 35
4 4     Barkay 61.4 = Lindgren I, 2436A
5 5     Barkay 61a.1 = Agora 1, 1974, lot 132
6 6     Barkay 61a.2
7 7     Barkay 61a.3
8 8     CNG EA 347, 25 Mar. 2015, lot 409
9 9     ✸ Roma Numismatics EA 65, 19 Dec. 2019, lot 555
10 10     Brisbane: 1592