RPC VI, 8882 (temporary)

 

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 8882 (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
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Ἀντωνῖνος Σεβαστός Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐ(ρήλιος) Ἀντωνῖνος Σ(εβαστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus
Obverse design laureate head of Elagabalus, right
Reverse inscription ΝΥϹΑ ϹΚΥΘ ΙΕΡΑϹ ΒΠϹ
Edition Νύσας Σκυθοπόλεως ἱερᾶς βπσʹ Νύσα(ς) Σκυθ(οπόλεως) ἱερᾶς βπσʹ
Translation of sacred Nysa-Scythopolis, 282
Reverse design Demeter standing veiled facing, head left, holding long torch and corn ears, and Kore standing facing, head right, holding long torch and poppy flower(?)
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 21 mm
Average weight 7.80 g
Axis 12
Reference Barkay 70
Specimens 3 (0 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     Barkay 70.1
2 2     Barkay 70.2
3 3     Barkay 70.3