RPC VI, 8940


Image of specimen #6

Coin type
URI	https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/6/8940 json ttl rdf xml epidoc
Volume	VI
Number	8940 (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 ΝΕ(ΑϹ) Π(ΟΛ) ϹΥΡ ΠΑ(Λ)
Edition	Φλ(αουίας) Νέας Πόλ(εως) Συρ(ίας) Παλ(αιστίνης)
Translation	of Flavia New City 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 (letter in the exergue in either absent or illegible)
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average diameter	21 mm
Average weight	9.21 g
Axis	6, 12
Reference	SNG ANS 1000
Specimens	8 (5 in the core collections)

Number	Number	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	Note	More
1	1	L: 1908,0110.2104	BMC 100	20	7.32	12		Show
2	2	L: 1908,0110.2079	BMC 99	22	8.98	12	Obv.: GIC 666 (Α)	Show
3	3	C: Lewis	SNG 1846	20	10.65	12	ΑΥΤ Κ Μ [?] ΑΝΤⲰΝΙΝΟϹ	Show
4	4	Mu: 14		25	9.78			Show
5	5	NY: 1944.100.69126	SNG 1000	21	9.99	6		Show
6	6 ✸		CGT coll. = CNG EA 315, 20 Nov. 2013, lot 271	21	9.10	12	Obv.: GIC 666 (Α)	Show
7	7		CNG EA 384, 12 Oct. 2016, lot 471	21	8.68	12		Show
8	8		Goldberg 10, 28 May 2001, lot 2703	21				Show