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
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Ἀντωνῖνος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
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
Average weight 13.53 g
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