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
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Antoninus Pius wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right
Reverse inscription ΦΛ ΝΕΑ[Ϲ ΠΟΛΕωϹ] ϹΥΡΙΑϹ ΠΑ[ΛΑΙϹΤΙΝΗϹ] ΕΤ ΠϚ
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
Axis 12
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number 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