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
Obverse design radiate head of Elagabalus, right
Reverse inscription ΝΥϹ(Α) ϹΚΥ ΑΠϹ
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

Number Number 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