RPC VI, 8943 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 8943 (temporary)
Province Syria Palaestina
Region Samaria
City Neapolis
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Elagabalus (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤωΝΙΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Ἀντωνῖνος Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Ἀντωνῖνος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
Obverse design laureate head of Elagabalus, right, with drapery on left shoulder
Reverse inscription ΦΛ ΝΕΑϹ Π ϹΥΡ (Π)(ΑΛ)
Edition Φλαουίας Νέας Πόλεως Συρίας Παλαιστίνης Φλ(αουίας) Νέας Π(όλεως) Συρ(ίας) Παλ(αιστίνης)
Translation of Flavia Neapolis of Syria Palaestina
Reverse design Tyche standing facing, head left, wearing kalathos, holding cornucopia and rudder
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 20 mm
Average weight 7.51 g
Axis 12
Reference Rosenberger 53
Specimens 6 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Künker 97, 7 Mar. 2005, lot 1698
2 2     Mu: 15
3 3     Rosenberger 53
4 4     P: 195
5 5     CNG EA 510, 23 Feb. 2022, lot 628
6 6     CGT coll.