RPC VI, 8878 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 8878 (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 Ϲ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Ἀντωνεῖνος Σεβαστός Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Α(ὐρήλιος) Ἀντωνεῖνος Σ(εβαστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΝΥϹΑ ϹΚΥΘ ΙΕΡ ΑϹ ΑΠϹ
Edition Νυσαέων Σκυθοπόλεως ἱερᾶς ἀσύλου απσʹ Νυσα(έων) Σκυθ(οπόλεως) ἱερ(ᾶς) ἀσ(ύλου) απσʹ
Translation of the Nysaeans, of Scythopolis, sacred and inviolable, 281
Reverse design Zeus standing facing, head left, holding long sceptre and bending his right leg, from which infant Dionysus emerges; and the Tyche of the City standing facing, head right, wearing turreted crown, holding cornucopia and long sceptre
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 11.99 g
Axis 6
Reference Barkay 59
Specimens 2 (0 in the core collections)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ IMJ Barkay 59.2 = Sofaer 38
2 2     J-SBF Barkay 59.1 = Spijkerman 40