RPC IV.3, 3789 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.3
Number 3789 (temporary)
Province Syria Palaestina
Region Samaria
City Neapolis
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥ[ΤΟΚ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ ΑΝΤωΝΙΝΟϹ Ϲ]ΕΒΑϹ 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 ΝΕΑ[Ϲ ΠΟΛΕωϹ] ϹΥΡΙΑϹ ΠΑ[ΛΑΙϹΤΙΝΗϹ] ΕΤ ΠϚ
Edition Φλαουίας Νέας Πόλεως Συρίας Παλαιστίνης ἔτους πϛʹ Φλ(αουίας) Νέας Πόλεως Συρίας Παλαιστίνης ἔτ(ους) πϛʹ
Translation of Flavian Neapolis of Syria Palaestina, of year 86
Reverse design Mount Gerizim with two peaks; between, ravine with sloping roadway; left peak with temple in perspective 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 40 mm
Average weight 36.77 g
Axis 12
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Antiqua 8 (03/2000), 89, struck on too large a flan
2 2     C McClean III, 9541, pl. 354.4, worn, date mostly obscure, attribution to this type only tentative