Reverse Types of Elagabalus at Nicopolis Ad Istrum

Gods, Goddesses and People:

The gods and goddesses on the reverse of the coins are listed as their Greek parts with the Roman counterparts in parenthesis.The first instance of the name will link to Wikipedia or NumisWiki if an article is available. There are a couple of outside links when neither had any information. Certain items are also linked. If I have an example, they are linked after the line.

Apollo standing left holding patera over altar and branch

Apollo standing facing, head left holding patera over flaming altar and laurel branch (example)

Apollo standing facing, head left holding patera and laurel branch

Apollo standing left with cloak on his shoulder, holding serpent-staff

Ares (Mars) standing facing, head right holding inverted spear and shield; flaming altar before

Ares standing facing, head right holding inverted spear; flaming altar before

Ares in military dress, standing facing, head left, resting on shield and spear

Ares, helmeted, naked holding spear and shield (example)

Artemis (Diana) advancing right holding bow and drawing arrow from quiver

Artemis running right, holding bow and drawing arrow from quiver

Artemis running right/left, holding bow and drawing arrow from quiver, hound at her side

Asklepios or Asclepius standing left, holding serpent-staff, facing Hygieia standing right, feeding serpent held in her arms; between them, Telesphoros

Asklepios standing left, holding serpent-staff, facing Hygieia standing right, feeding serpent held in her arms

Asklepios standing left holding serpent-staff

Asklepios standing left/facing holding serpent-staff, hand on hip

Athena (Minerva) standing left, holding spear and resting on shield (example)

Athena standing left holding shield and spear; serpent is coiled round olive-tree before

Athena standing left feeding serpent from her right hand; serpent is coiled round olive-tree; shield at side

Athena enthroned left, holding shield and spear; serpent coiled round olive-tree before; her shield leaning on throne

Athena enthroned left, holding shield and spear; serpent coiled around throne; her shield leaning on throne

Athena enthroned left, holding Nike and spear; shield at her side (example)

Cybele (Magna Mater) holding scepter and drum, riding on back of lion

Demeter (Ceres) standing left holding corn-ears and resting on torch

Dionysos (Bacchus) standing left, holding large bunch of grapes and thyrsos

Dionysos riding on back of lion right, holding scepter

Dionysos standing left, holding kantharos and thyrsos

Emperor hunting on horseback right, raising spear to lion below

Emperor on horseback right, his right hand raised

Emperor in military attire standing left, holding reversed spear in left hand, right hand extended, right foot on prostrate captive; crowned by Nike, holding wreath; another captive and weapons between emperor and Nike

Emperor sacrificing over flaming altar, holding fold of his dress in left hand

Emperor, wearing radiate crown, standing facing head left, holding patera over altar and reversed spear

Eros (Cupid) on dolphin right, holding bow and arrow

Eutychea or Eutychia (Felicitas) standing left, holding patera and scepter

Female figure wearing kalathos, standing left holding patera and cornucopia; wheel at side

Genius standing left, legs crossed, resting on torch

Helios (Sol) naked, radiate, riding on two horses left, holding scepter

Hemus seated on rock left, right hand on head, holding branch in left; bear right at foot of rock, stag to left; tree behind

Hemus seated on rock left, right hand on head, holding branch in left; bear right at foot of rock, stag to right

Hera (Juno) standing left holding patera and scepter

Hera standing left, holding patera and scepter, peacock at feet

Herakles or Heracles (Hercules) naked left, strangling Nemean lion

Herakles standing facing, resting on club and holding lion-skin (example)

Herakles standing left, resting on club set on rock, lion-skin draped over club

Hermes (Mercury) standing left holding purse and caduceus

Hermes standing facing, head left, holding purse and caduceus (example)

Hermes standing left, holding purse and caduceus, cock at his feet

Hermes standing left holding purse and caduceus; altar at side

Hermes standing right, holding caduceus over altar

Homonoia or Harmonia (Concordia) standing left holding patera and cornucopia

Homonoia standing facing, head left, holding patera over lighted altar and cornucopia

Homonoia standing left, wearing kalathos, holding patera and cornucopia

Hygieia (Salus) standing right, feeding serpent from patera

Nemesis standing left holding scales and cubit-rule, wheel at feet or side

Nemesis standing left holding scales and cornucopia, wheel at feet

Nemesis standing left holding scales and scepter, wheel at feet

Nemesis standing left holding scales and scepter

Nemesis standing left holding scales and cubit-rule

Nemesis standing left holding scales and whip

Nike (Victory) standing right and emperor standing left in military attire, holding spear, erecting trophy, which stands between them, with two seated captives at base

Nike standing left holding wreath and palm (example)

Nike advancing left, holding wreath and palm

Pan (Faunus) with horns and legs of goat, standing left head right holding shepherds’ crook and syrinx (pan pipes); left foot on panther lying on its back

Priapus (Mutinus Mutunus) standing left, holding patera raising his dress

Priapus standing left, with raised dress, holding patera with right hand and basket with fruits set on his phallus

River-god reclining left, holding reed; left arm resting on rock

River-god reclining right holding reed and resting on prow right

River-god reclining left holding reed and resting on inverted vase from which water flows (example)

River-god reclining left, holding reed and cornucopia; left arm resting on his knee

River-god reclining left, holding reed and cornucopia; left arm resting on a rock

River-god reclining left, on boat, resting on inverted vase from which water flows

River-god reclining right, resting with left hand on rudder?, holding branch in right; prow at side

Serapis, bust right, wearing kalathos

Serapis standing facing/left, right hand raised, holding scepter in left (example)(2)

Triptolemus or Triptolem in chariot drawn right by two winged serpents right

Tyche (Fortuna) standing left, wearing kalathos, holding rudder on globe and cornucopia (example)(2)

Tyche standing left, wearing kalathos, holding rudder and cornucopia

Tyche standing left head right, wearing kalathos, holding rudder and cornucopia

Tyche standing left holding rudder and cornucopia

Tyche seated left, wearing kalathos, holding rudder on globe and cornucopia

Zeus (Jupiter) seated right, holding patera and scepter

Zeus seated left, holding Nike and scepter

Zeus enthroned left, holding patera and scepter

Zeus standing facing, head left, holding thunderbolt and scepter

Zeus standing left, holding thunderbolt and scepter

Zeus standing facing, head left, holding thunderbolt and scepter; eagle at feet to left

Zeus standing left holding patera and scepter (example)

Zeus standing left holding patera and scepter; eagle at feet

Items of Gods or People referenced:

Altar: Apollo, Ares, Emperor, Hermes, Homonoia

Arrow: Artemis, Eros

Basket with fruits: Priapus

Bear: Hemus

Boat: River-god

Bow: Artemis, Eros

Branch: Apollo, Hemus, River-god

Caduceus: Hermes

Captive: Emperor, Nike

Chariot: Triptolemus

Club: Herakles

Cock: Hermes

Corn-ears: Demeter

Cornucopia: Female, Homonoia, Nemesis, River-god, Tyche

Cubit-rule: Nemesis

Dolphin: Eros

Drum: Cybele

Eagle: Zeus

Globe: Tyche

Grapes: Dionysos

Horse: Emperor, Helios

Hound: Artemis

Kalathos: Female, Homonoia, Serapis, Tyche

Kantharos: Dionysos

Lion: Cybele, Dionysos, Emperor, Herakles

Nike: Athena, Emperor, Nike, Zeus

Palm: Nike

Panther: Pan

Patera: Apollo, Emperor, Eutychea, Female, Hera, Homonoia, Hygieia, Priapus, Zeus

Peacock: Hera

Purse: Hermes

Rock: Hemus, Herakles, River-god

Scales: Nemesis

Scepter: Cybele, Dionysos, Eutychea, Helios, Hera, Nemesis, Serapis, Zeus

Serpent: Apollo, Asklepios, Athena, Hygieia, Triptolemus

Shepherd’s crook: Pan

Shield: Ares, Athena

Spear: Ares, Athena, Emperor, Nike

Staff: Apollo, Asklepios

Stag: Hemus

Syrinx (pan pipes): Pan

Reed: River-god

Rudder: River-god, Tyche

Throne: Athena, Zeus

Thunderbolt: Zeus

Thyrsos: Dionysos

Torch: Demeter, Genius

Tree: Athena, Hemus

Trophy: Nike

Vase: River-god

Wheel: Female, Nemesis

Whip: Nemesis

Wreath: Emperor, Nike

Animals or Items on Reverses (without Gods or people):

Basket containing fruits

Bunch of grapes

Cresent and one star

Cresent and three stars

City gate, flanked by two battlemented towers

City gate, flanked by two battlemented towers, third tower rising from center

City gate, door open, flanked by two battlemented towers

City gate, door closed, flanked by two battlemented towers, surmounted by facing quadriga

City gate, surmounted by quadriga, flanked by two battlemented towers; horse on each tower

City legend in four lines within laurel wreath

City legend in five lines within laurel wreath (example)

City legend in six lines within laurel wreath

City legend in seven lines within laurel wreath

Eagle standing facing on wreath, wings spread, head right

Eagle standing left/facing/right with head left/right, wings spread, with wreath in beak

Eagle standing facing, head left, wings spread; military standard on either side

Eagle standing left on thunderbolt placed on altar; two standards behind

Eagle standing left, head right on base; two standards behind

Elephant walking right

Lion walking right

Lion walking left (example)

Serpent, coiled, with head erect, right (example)

Serpent, coiled with radiate/nimbate head left/right

Serpent, fourfold coiled with head erect right

Serpent, fourfold coiled with head bent down to flaming altar right, set on base; another altar on left

Serpent, fivefold coiled with head erect right

Staff of Asklepios entwined by serpent (example)

Temple, pentastyle (five columns); shield in pediment

Temple, tetrastyle (four columns) containing statue standing left; pellet in pediment (example)

Temple, tetrastyle (four columns) containing statue standing holding scepter; shield in pediment

Temple, tetrastyle (four columns), decorated with palms, containing statue of Zeus seated left, holding patera and scepter; eagle at feet; shield in pediment

Temple, Tetrastyle (four columns) containing statue of naked Herakles

Temple, Tetrastyle (four columns) containing statue of Artemis as huntress right

Temple, Tetrastyle (four columns) containing statue of Artemis as huntress right with hound at side

Temple view showing front and left side, containing male figure standing left, holding scepter; shield in pediment, trees behind.

Gods and Goddesses on the coins of Nicopolis ad Istrum during the time of Elagabalus

Gods and Goddesses on all provincial cities including Nicopolis ad Istrum during the time of Elagabalus

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