RPC IV.1, 4605 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 4605 (temporary)
Province Achaea
Region Boeotia
City Tanagra
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥ ΚΑΙ ΑΝΤωΝΕΙΝΟϹ ΕΥϹΕΒΗϹ
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Ἀντωνεῖνος Εὐσεβής
Translation Emperor Caesar Antoninus Pius
Obverse design laureate head of Antoninus Pius with traces of drapery, right
Reverse inscription ΤΑΝΑΓΡΑΙωΝ
Edition Ταναγραίων
Translation of the Tanagreans
Reverse design shrine with two columns enclosing statue of Dionysus standing, left, holding cantharus and long thyrsus; upper half of each column in form of male figure apparently supporting the roof; in exergue, Triton swimming, left, head, right, extending both arms
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 11.09 g
Axis 1, 2, 5
Reference BMC 60
Specimens 5 (4 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: BMC 60, pl. X.15, obverse with traces of drapery
2 2     B: (Löbb)
3 3     V: GR 27335/125
4 4     V: GR 34959
5 5     BCD