RPC IV.3, 5693 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.3
Number 5693 (temporary)
Province Galatia
Region Galatia
City Pessinus
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥ ΚΑ(Ι) ΑΔΡ ΑΝΤω ΕΥϹΕ
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Ἁδρ(ιανὸς) Ἀντω(νῖνος) Εὐσε(βής)
Translation Emperor Caesar Hadrian Antoninus Pius
Obverse design laureate head of Antoninus Pius, right
Reverse inscription ΓΑΛ ΤΟ ΠΕϹϹΙΝ
Edition Γαλ(ατῶν) Το(λισῶν) Πεσσιν(ουντίων)
Translation of the Galatians Tolis Pessinus
Reverse design Dionysus standing, facing, head, right, crossing legs, placing right hand on top of head, holding bunch of grapes over panther
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 17 mm
Average weight 3.57 g
Axis 6, 12
Reference Devreker 176, no. 29–30, BMC 6–7
Specimens 5 (4 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: BMC 6, pl. IV.2 (rev.)
2 2     ✸ NY: 1944.100.62260
3 3     L: BMC 7
4 4     P: 213 SNG 2581 = Wa 6656, pl. XV.26 = Devreker 176, no. 30, pl. 255
5 5     Pecunem Numismatik Naumann eBay 30/06/2016