RPC VI, 8879 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 8879 (temporary)
Province Syria Palaestina
Region Samaria
City Nysa-Scythopolis
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Elagabalus (Augustus)
Issue ΒΠϹ = 282
Dating 218/19
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΥ ΑΝΤωΝΕΙΝΟϹ ϹΕ (or ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ)
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐ(ρήλιος) Ἀντωνεῖνος Σε(βαστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΝΥϹ ϹΚΥΘ(Ι) ΙΕΡΑϹ ΑϹΥ ΒΠϹ
Reverse design turreted Tyche of the City seated, right, cradling infant Dionysus
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Average weight 15.63 g
Axis 7, 12
Reference Barkay 66–66a
Specimens 5 (0 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     IMJ Sofaer 42
2 2     Barkay 66 = Spijkerman 46
3 3     Barkay 66a
4 4     ✸ Zurqieh Ancient Coins
5 5     CGT coll.