RPC VI, 8929 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 8929 (temporary)
Province Syria Palaestina
Region Samaria
City Neapolis
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Elagabalus (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤωΝΙΝΟϹ
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΦΛ ΝΕΑϹ Π(Ο) ϹΥΡ ΠΑΛ Π
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
Axis 6
Reference Sofaer 94
Specimens 4 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ NY: 1944.100.69129 SNG 1003
2 2     IMJ Sofaer 94
3 3     CNG EA 174, 10 Oct. 2007, lot 163 = CNG 387, Nov. 2016, 343
4 4     CNG EA 210, 13 May 2009, lot 214