RPC VI, 8883 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 8883 (temporary)
Province Syria Palaestina
Region Samaria
City Nysa-Scythopolis
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Elagabalus (Augustus)
Issue ΒΠϹ = 282
Dating 218/19
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ ΜΑ Α ΑΝΤωΝΙΝΟϹ ϹΕ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Μᾶ(ρκος) Α(ὐρήλιος) Ἀντωνῖνος Σε(βαστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus
Obverse design radiate head of Elagabalus, right
Reverse inscription ΝΥϹ ϹΚΥ ΒΠϹ
Reverse design front view of temple with four columns with arcuated lintel, the ceiling decorated with a shell-pattern, within which Tyche of the City standing facing, head right, placing foot on river god swimming, right, resting on long sceptre and holding cornucopia
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 10.73 g
Axis 12
Reference Barkay 67a
Specimens 2 (0 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ CNG EA 332, 6 Aug. 2014, lot 216
2 2     Goldberg 106, 4 Sept. 2018, lot 1384