RPC IV.1, 4630 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 4630 (temporary)
Province Achaea
Region Peloponnesus
Subregion Argolis
City Argos
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΑΝΤωΝΕΙΝΟϹ ΕΥϹΕΒ(Η(Ϲ))
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Ἀντωνεῖνος Εὐσεβής
Translation Emperor Antoninus Pius
Obverse design laureate head of Antoninus Pius, right
Reverse inscription ΑΡΓΕΙωΝ
Edition Ἀργείων
Translation of the Argives
Reverse design turreted Hera seated, left, holding pomegranate and long sceptre
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 9.38 g
Axis 1, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12
Reference BMC 155–6, Cop 89 corr
Specimens 14 (13 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: BMC 155
2 2     L: BMC 156, pl. XXVIII.16 (rev.)
3 3     P: 129
4 4     Cop: 89, reverse as 'Zeus enthroned, holding patera and sceptre'
5 5     Mu: 33, authenticity doubtful: cast?
6 6     Mu: 33a (acc. 25458)
7 7     ✸ NY: 1944.100.39588
8 8     V: GR 14265
9 9     V: GR 14266
10 10     O
11 11     B: I-B
12 12     B: 8830
13 13     G: II, 154, no. 23 SNG I, no. 398
14 14     Freiburg: 13944