RPC IV, 5311


Image of specimen #1

Coin type
URI	https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/5311 json ttl rdf xml epidoc
Volume	IV.3
Number	5311 (temporary)
Province	Syria
Region	Phoenicia
City	Berytus
Reign	Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.)	Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Obverse inscription	IMP[ ] [ANT]ONINO [ (all As probably shaped as Λ)
Edition	Imp--- Antonino --- Imp[---] Antonino [---]
Translation	to Emperor[---] Antoninus [---]
Obverse design	laureate-headed bust of Antoninus Pius wearing cuirass and paludamentum, left
Reverse inscription	COL IVL AVG FEL BER ( A shaped as Λ)
Edition	colonia Iulia Augusta Felix Berytus col(onia) Iul(ia) Aug(usta) Fel(ix) Ber(ytus)
Translation	colony Julia Augusta Felix, Berytus
Reverse design	founder as priest ploughing with two oxen, right
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average diameter	25 mm
Average weight	11.96 g
Axis	12
Reference	Sawaya 1166–8
Specimens	3 (0 in the core collections)

#	Specimen	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	More
1	1 ✸	Lindgren III, 1376 = Sawaya 1166, pl. 18 (D253)	24	11.97		Show
2	2	BL 207 = Sawaya 1167, pl. 18 (D253a, R461), obverse tooled	25	11.50		Show
3	3	MNB 1004	25	12.42	12	Show