RPC VI, 8941 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #12

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 8941 (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(ΟΛ)(ΕωϹ) ϹΥ(Ρ) ΠΑΛ
Edition Φλ(αουίας) Νέας Πόλεως Συρ(ίας) Παλ(αιστίνης)
Translation of Flavia Neapolis 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 24 mm
Average weight 12.12 g
Axis 1, 6, 12
Reference SNG ANS 997
Specimens 14 (12 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1908,0110.2090
2 2     L: 1905,1016.6 BMC 95
3 3     L: 1908,0110.2096 BMC 96
4 4     L: 1908,0110.2103 BMC 97
5 5     L: 1908,0110.2078 BMC 98
6 6     P: 1020
7 7     B: I-B1900
8 8     B: L1906
9 9     Cop: 18
10 10     NY: 1944.100.69127 SNG 1001
11 11     NY: 1944.100.69128 SNG 1002
12 12     ✸ NY: 1944.100.69123 SNG 997
13 13     CNG 90, 23 May 2012, lot 1235
14 14     Private coll.