RPC IV.3, 5740 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.3
Number 5740 (temporary)
Province Cappadocia
Region Cappadocia
City Tyana
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΑΝΤωΝΕΙΝΟϹ ϹΕΒΑϹΤΟϹ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Ἀντωνεῖνος Σεβαστός Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Ἀντωνεῖνος Σεβαστός
Translation Emperor Antoninus Augustus
Obverse design laureate head of Antoninus Pius (with traces of drapery), right
Reverse inscription ΤΥΑΝΕΩΝ Τ Π(Ρ) Τ ΙΕΡ ΑϹΥ ΑΥΤο ΕΤ ΙΒ
Edition Τυανέων τῶν πρὸς Ταύρῳ ἱερῆς ἀσύλου αὐτόνομου ἔτους ιβʹ Τυανέων τ(ῶν) πρ(ὸς) Τ(αύρῳ) ἱερ(ῆς) ἀσύ(λου) αὐτό(νομου) ἔτ(ους) ιβʹ
Translation of the Tyaneans near Taurus, sacred, inviolable, autonomous, year 12
Reverse design turreted Tyche seated, left, holding two ears of corn and bunch of grapes, resting arm on seat, resting foot on swimming river-god (Euphrates); Tyche's seat decorated with griffin
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 10.41 g
Axis 11, 12
Reference BMC 4
Specimens 9 (5 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: BMC 4
2 2     V: GR 20211, obverse legend obscure
3 3     ✸ B: I-B
4 4     B: Löbb, obverse with traces of drapery
5 5     C: Leake 8258, Suppl., p. 107.4
6 6     Private coll. Robert Effler = Leu Numismatic Electronic Auction 19 (26/02/2022), 2326
7 7     Henseler 1523Aa = Savoca Numismatik blue 152, 2023, lot 1400
8 8     Henseler 1523A = Zeus Numismatics EA 16, 2021, lot 370
9 9     Henseler 1523 = Ganschow 1017