RPC IV.3, 10141 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume IV.3
Number 10141 (temporary)
Province Syria Palaestina
Region Samaria
City Caesarea Maritima
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Obverse inscription IMP CAES ANTONIN[o?] AVG [P P P?] COS II[I?] (all As shaped as Λ)
Edition Imp(eratori) Caes(ari) Antonino Aug(usto) P(io) P(ater) P(atriae) Co(n)s(uli) III
Translation to Emperor Caesar Antoninus Augustus Pius Father of the Fatherland, consul for the third time
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Antoninus Pius wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right
Reverse inscription COL PRIMA FL AVG[ ]? CAESAREA (all As shaped as Λ)
Edition col(onia) Prima Fl(avia) Aug[---] Caesarea
Translation the colony of Caesarea Prima Flavia Augusta[---]
Reverse design temple with four columns and rounded pediment enclosing statue of turreted Fortuna/Tyche-Astarte standing with foot on uncertain object, left, holding human bust and long sceptre; in outer columnations, statues standing, facing each other
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 31 mm
Average weight 24.65 g
Axis 12
Specimens 2 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ B: 5303JF
2 2     G: III, 276, no. 4 SNG II, no. 3559