RPC VI, 8888 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 8888 (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 Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Ἀντωνῖνος 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 ΙΕΡΑϹ ΑϹ ΒΠϹ
Edition Νύσα Σκυθόπολις ἱερᾶς ἀσύλου βπσʹ Νύσα Σκυθ(όπολις) ἱερᾶς ἀσ(ύλου) βπσʹ
Translation Nysa-Scythopolis, sacred and inviolable, 282
Reverse design Zeus seated on throne, left, holding Nike and long sceptre
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 22 mm
Average weight 10.17 g
Axis 11, 12
Reference Barkay 68
Specimens 4 (0 in the core collections)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ IMJ Sofaer 44
2 2     IMJ Sofaer 45
3 3     Barkay 68 = Spijkerman 39corr. (year 1)
4 4     F. Volpato coll.