RPC VI, 8889


Image of specimen #1

Coin type
URI	https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/6/8889 json ttl rdf xml epidoc
Volume	VI
Number	8889 (temporary)
Province	Syria Palaestina
Region	Samaria
City	Nysa-Scythopolis
Reign	Elagabalus
Person (obv.)	Elagabalus (Augustus)
Issue	ΔΠϹ = 284
Dating	220/1
Obverse inscription	ΑΥΤ Κ Μ Α ΑΝΤωΝΙΝΟϹ Ϲ
Edition	Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Α(ὐρήλιος) Ἀντωνῖνος Σ(εβαστός)
Translation	Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus
Obverse design	radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription	ΝΥϹΑΙΕ ϹΚΥΘΟΠΟΛΕΙ (or ϹΚΥΘΟΠΟΛΙΤωΝ) ΔΠϹ
Edition	Νυσαιέ(ων) Σκυθοπολει(τῶν) δπσʹ
Translation	of the Nysean Scythopolitans, 284
Reverse design	within wreath
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average diameter	22 mm
Average weight	10.85 g
Axis	12
Reference	Barkay 71, 71b
Specimens	5 (0 in the core collections)

#	Specimen	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	More
1	1 ✸	IMJ	Sofaer 48	22.7	10.35	12	Show
2	2		Barkay 71.1 = Rosenberger 47				Show
3	3		Barkay 71b.1	20	11.35	12	Show
4	4		Barkay 71b.2	22			Show
5	5		Ebay 2025 (Sepphoris)				Show