RPC VI, 8945 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #5

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 8945 (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 head of Elagabalus, right, with drapery(?)
Reverse inscription ΦΛ ΝΕΑϹ ΠΟΛΕωϹ
Edition Φλ(αουίας) Νέας Πόλεως
Translation of Flavia Neapolis
Reverse design Tyche standing facing, head left, wearing kalathos, holding cornucopia and rudder
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 20 mm
Average weight 7.69 g
Axis 12
Reference Sofaer 110–1
Specimens 5 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: 1854/17180
2 2     NY: 1944.100.61932
3 3     IMJ Sofaer 110
4 4     IMJ Sofaer 111
5 5     ✸ CNG EA 251, 9 Mar. 2011, lot 292