RPC VI, 8939 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #4

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 8939 (temporary)
Province Syria Palaestina
Region Samaria
City Neapolis
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Elagabalus (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΥ(Ρ) ΑΝΤωΝΙΝΟϹ
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΑΥΡ ΦΛ ΝΕΑϹ Π(Ο) ϹΥ(Ρ) ΠΑΛ
Reverse design Mount Gerizim surmounted by temple complex connected to the colonnade at the slope by stairways; to right, roadway leading to altar (letter in the exergue in either absent or illegible)
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 21 mm
Axis 6, 12
Reference SNG ANS 998, 1005
Specimens 8 (3 in the core collections)
Note Smaller denomination(?)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: 1904/935
2 2     NY: 1944.100.69131 SNG 1005
3 3     NY: 1944.100.69124 SNG 998
4 4     ✸ CNG EA 123, 28 Sept. 2005, lot 132
5 5     CNG EA 220, 14 Oct. 2009, lot 376
6 6     CNG EA 388, 14 Dec. 2016, lot 332
7 7     Hirsch 256, 5 May 2008, lot 586
8 8     Hirsch 256, 5 May 2008, lot 587