RPC IV.1, 4697 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 4697 (temporary)
Province Cyrenaica and Crete
Region Crete
City Koinon of Crete
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥ ΑΝΤωΝΕΙΝΟϹ
Obverse design laureate head of Antoninus Pius, right
Reverse inscription Κ Κ
Reverse design decorated altar on stand (or tripod?) with fruits
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 16 mm
Axis 6
Reference Sv 134 and 135 corr., BMC 36, Cop 590
Specimens 12 (10 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Winterthur
2 2     B: 1920/704
3 3     ✸ L: BMC 36
4 4     P: 696 (ex 2413) = Sv 135, pl. XXXV.44 (rev.)
5 5     A
6 6     Cop: 590
7 7     NY: 1944.100.40928
8 8     C McClean II, 7223, pl. 245.4
9 9     C McClean II, 7224 (not illustrated)
10 10     O
11 11     O
12 12     O bought from farmers in Lyttos, J.C. Myres, 'Some Bronze Coins from Crete', NC 1894, pp. 89–100