RPC IV.3, 3788 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.3
Number 3788 (temporary)
Province Syria Palaestina
Region Samaria
City Neapolis
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤΟΚ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ ΑΝΤωΝΙΝοϹ ϹΕΒΑϹ ΕΥϹΕ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Ἀντωνῖνος Σεβαστὸς Εὐσεβής Αὐτοκ(ράτωρ) Καῖσαρ Ἀντωνῖνος Σεβασ(τὸς) Εὐσε(βής)
Translation Emperor Caesar Antoninus Augustus Pious
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Antoninus Pius wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right
Reverse inscription ΦΛ ΝΕΑϹ ΠΟΛΕωϹ ϹΥΡΙΑϹ ΠΑΛΑΙϹΤ[ΙΝΗϹ] ΕΤ ΠΖ
Edition Φλαουίας Νέας Πόλεως Συρίας Παλαιστίνης ἔτους πζʹ Φλ(αουίας) Νέας Πόλεως Συρίας Παλαιστίνης ἔτ(ους) πζʹ
Translation of Flavia Neapolis of Syria Palaestina, of year 87
Reverse design Mount Gerizim with two peaks; between, ravine with sloping roadway; left peak with temple in perspective, (another building) and steep stairway (with shrines attached); right peak with shrine on top and trees at base; before Mount Gerizim, colonnade
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Average weight 22.78 g
Axis 11, 12
Reference BMC 23–6
Specimens 12 (9 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     NY: 1944.100.69095 SNG 965, pierced, 24.67g, reverse without second building on l. peak and without shrines attached to stairway
2 2     L: BMC 23, reverse without second building on l. peak and without shrines attached to stairway
3 3     L: BMC 24, reverse without second building on l. peak and without shrines attached to stairway, reading of date uncertain
4 4     L: BMC 25, pl. V.16, tooled, reverse with second building on l. peak, reading of date uncertain
5 5     L: BMC 26, pierced, 21.95g, BMC wrongly '15.64g', reverse with second building on l. peak, reading of date uncertain
6 6     P: 147, obverse lightly double struck
7 7     V: GR 22515, reverse with second building on l. peak, probably with shorter reverse legend
8 8     B: I-B, reverse with second building on l. peak, reading of date uncertain, reverse legend tooled ΦΛ ΝƐΑС ΠοΛƐ СΥΡΙΑС ΠΑ[
9 9     B: Löbb, both sides with signs of tooling
10 10     CGT coll. ex Agora 51, 8 March 2016, lot 104
11 11     ✸ Gorny & Mosch 261, 4 March 2019, lot 511
12 12     Naville 76, 2 Oct. 2022, lot 162 ex Naville 74, 19 June 2022, lot 232