RPC VI, 8909


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Coin type
URI	https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/6/8909 json ttl rdf xml epidoc
Volume	VI
Number	8909 (temporary)
Province	Syria Palaestina
Region	Samaria
City	Neapolis
Reign	Elagabalus
Person (obv.)	Elagabalus (Augustus)
Obverse inscription	ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤωΝΙΝΟϹ
Edition	Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Ἀντωνῖνος
Translation	Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
Obverse design	laureate and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription	ΦΛ ΝΕΑϹ ΠΟΛΕωϹ ϹΥ ΠΑΛ
Edition	Φλ(αουίας) Νέας Πόλεως Συ(ρίας) Παλ(αιστίνης)
Translation	of Flavia Neapolis of Syria Palaestina
Reverse design	Mount Gerizim surmounted by temple complex connected to the colonnade at the slope by stairways; to right, roadway leading to altar
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average diameter	24 mm
Average weight	10.11 g
Axis	12
Reference	Sofaer 98, SNG ANS 1004
Specimens	4 (1 in the core collections)

Number	Number	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	Note	More
1	1 ✸	NY: 1944.100.69130	ANS 1004	26	12.72	12	Obv.: GIC 666 (Α)	Show
2	2	IMJ	Sofaer 98	26	12.71		Obv.: GIC 666 (Α)	Show
3	3		Sternberg 6, 2 Nov. 1976, lot 657	23	6.44	12		Show
4	4		Sternberg 6, 25 Nov. 1976, lot 656	22	8.58			Show