RPC IV, 5311


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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 [---]
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	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)

Number	Number	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