RPC IV.3, 5341 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.3
Number 5341 (temporary)
Province Syria
Region Phoenicia
City Berytus
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Obverse inscription IMP CAES T AELIO HADRI ANTONINO AVG (all As shaped as Λ)
Edition Imperatori Caesari Tito Aelio Hadriano Antonino Augusto Imp(eratori) Caes(ari) T(ito) Aelio Hadri(ano) Antonino Aug(usto)
Translation to Emperor Caesar Titus Aelius Hadrianus Antoninus Augustus
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Antoninus Pius wearing cuirass and paludamentum, left
Reverse inscription COL BER
Edition colonia Berytus col(onia) Ber(ytus)
Translation colony of Berytus
Reverse design two military standards, each surmounted by eagle; in laurel wreath
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 11.11 g
Axis 12
Reference Sawaya 1169–72
Specimens 4 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     BL 202
2 2     ✸ NY: 1948.19.2140 (ex Huntington, ex Gautier)
3 3     BL 201 = Sawaya 1171, pl. 18 (D254, R462)
4 4     Lindgren III, 1377 = Sawaya 1172, pl. 18 (R463)