RPC V.3, — (unassigned; ID 69518)

 

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Coin type
Volume V.3
Number — (unassigned; ID 69518)
Province Syria Palaestina
Region Samaria
City Nysa-Scythopolis
Reign Caracalla
Person (obv.) Caracalla (Augustus)
Issue Year ΘΟϹ = 279
Dating AD 215/16
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤΟ ΚΑΙ ΑΝΤΟΝΕΙΝ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Ἀντωνεῖνος Αὐτο(κράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Ἀντωνεῖν(ος)
Translation Emperor Caesar Antoninus
Obverse design radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Caracalla, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΝΥϹ ϹΚΥ ΙΕΡ ΑϹΥ ΘΟϹ
Edition Νύσας Σκυθουπόλεως ἱερᾶς ἀσύλου θοσʹ Νύσ(ας) Σκυ(θουπόλεως) ἱερ(ᾶς) ἀσύ(λου) θοσʹ
Translation of Nysa-Scythopolis, sacred, inviolable, 279
Reverse design Zeus enthroned left, holding Nike on right extended hand, left resting on sceptre; to left, eagle standing left; date in exergue
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 8.16 g
Axis 12
Reference Rosenberger III, 32; Spijkerman 31; Barkay 52; Sofaer 34
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
— —     ✸ NY: 2012.71.188
— —     Barkay 52