RPC IV.3, 3605 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #7

 

Coin type
Volume IV.3
Number 3605 (temporary)
Province Syria Palaestina
Region Galilaea
City Sepphoris Diocaesarea
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥ ΚΑΙ ΑΝΤωΝΙΝΟϹ ΕΥ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Ἀντωνῖνος Εὐσεβής Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Ἀντωνῖνος Εὐ(σεβής)
Translation Emperor Caesar Antoninus Pius
Obverse design laureate head of Antoninus Pius (with traces of drapery), right
Reverse inscription ΔΙΟΚΑΙ ΙΕΡ(Α) ΑϹΥ ΑΥΤΟ (facing outward)
Edition Διοκαισάρεια ἱερὰ ἄσυλος αὐτόνομος Διοκαι(σάρεια) ἱερὰ ἄσυ(λος) αὐτό(νομος)
Translation Diocaesarea, sacred, inviolable, autonomous
Reverse design Hera(?) standing, left, holding patera
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 20 mm
Average weight 6.20 g
Axis 12
Specimens 9 (4 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     IMJ: Rosenberger III, 61, no. 9
2 2     P: 12
3 3     NY: 1944.100.69198 SNG 1094
4 4     P: 11, obverse without traces of drapery
5 5     NY: 1998.18.162 Lindgren III, 1486, obverse without traces of drapery
6 6     Frank Sternberg 34 (22/10/1998), 158, pl. X
7 7     ✸ Nomos obolos 34, 10Nov. 2024, lot 747
8 8     Heritage Long Beach Signature Sale 357, 9 Sep. 2004, lot 12173
9 9     CGT coll. ex VAuction 235, 22 Oct. 2009, lot 47