RPC VI, 8880 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 8880 (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 ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐ(ρήλιος) Ἀντωνῖνος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΝΥϹΑ ϹΚΥΘ ΙΕΡ ΑϹΥ ΒΠϹ
Edition Νύσα(ς) Σκυθ(οπόλεως) ἱερ(ᾶς) ἀσύ(λου) βπσʹ
Translation of the sacred, inviolable Nysa-Scythopolis, 282
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 28 mm
Average weight 16.54 g
Axis 7
Reference Sofaer 41
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)
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Number Number Museum Bibliography
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