RPC V.3, — (unassigned; ID 69522)

 

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Coin type
Volume V.3
Number — (unassigned; ID 69522)
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 ΑΝΤωΝΕΙΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Ἀντωνεῖνος Αὐτο(κράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Ἀντωνεῖνος
Translation Emperor Caesar Antoninus
Obverse design laureate and draped bust of Caracalla, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ϹΚΥΘΟ ΝΥϹΑ ΙΕ ΑϹ ΘΟϹ
Edition Σκυθόπολις Νύσα ἱερὰ ἀσύλου θοσʹ Σκυθό(πολις) Νύσα ἱε(ρὰ) ἀσ(ύλου) θοσʹ
Translation Scythopolis Nysa, sacred and inviolable, 279
Reverse design temple with four columns with central arch and pediment; within, Tyche standing right, her left foot on river god swimming right, right hand resting on sceptre, cornucopia in left
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 15.43 g
Axis 12
Reference Barkay 53
Specimens 4 (0 in the core collections)

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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
    Barkay 53
    Heritage Long Beach Signature Sale 3018, 5 Sept. 2012, lot 20466
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    ✸ Trade (Zurqieh, Vcoins, 2020)