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
Coins of Nicopolis ad Istrum of Elagabalus
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