RPC VI, 8881 (temporary)

 

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 8881 (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 Ϲ
Obverse design radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΝΥϹΑ ϹΚΥΘ ΙΕΡ ΑϹΥ ΒΠϹ
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 29 mm
Axis 1, 12
Reference Barkay 65corr.
Specimens 2 (0 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     IMJ Barkay 65 = Rosenberger 40corr. (year 5)
2 2     J-SBF Barkay 59a corr. (year 1) = Spijkerman 41