RPC IV.3, 6937 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume IV.3
Number 6937 (temporary)
Province Cappadocia
Region Cappadocia
City Caesarea
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤΟΚ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ ϹΕΒΑϹΤΟϹ
Obverse design laureate head of Antoninus Pius, right
Reverse inscription ΥΠΑΤΟϹ Δ ΠΑΤ ΠΑΤΡ
Reverse design Mount Argaeus; on summit, Helios standing, left, holding globe and long sceptre
Metal silver
Average diameter 21 mm
Axis 1, 11, 12
Reference Metcalf 126, S 302–3, BMC 153
Specimens 8 (5 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: BMC 153 Walker 3148: AR: 82.5
2 2     Ex private coll. E.A. Sydenham = S 303, fig. 72 = Hess, 28th Apr. 1936, coll. E.A. Sydenham, 133
3 3     B: (Löbb)
4 4     B: Fox, with traces of gold cover?
5 5     B: Fox, authenticity doubtful: with silver cover?
6 6     C: SNG 5452 Leake 1401, Asiatic Greece, p. 38.5
7 7     Bern: Righetti 1773
8 8     Henseler 379 = Ganschow 216a = ex Münzzentrum 62, 1987, lot 354