RPC IV.1, 5251 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 5251 (temporary)
Province Achaea
Region Peloponnesus
Subregion Argolis
City Argos
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΑΝΤωΝΕΙΝ[ΟϹ ΕΥϹΕΒΗϹ?]
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 circular temple of Zeus with dome-shaped roof decorated with three eagles; building on base and with eight columns; inside, nude Zeus standing, facing, head, right, holding long sceptre, resting left arm on hip
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 8.61 g
Axis 2, 5, 11
Specimens 5 (2 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1920-8-5-1358
2 2     P: 134
3 3     A: 403a V. Grigorova, RSN 78 (1999), p. 92, no. 3, obverse as 'Hadrian'
3 3     Freiburg: 13943
4 4     Private coll.