RPC IV.3, 5749 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.3
Number 5749 (temporary)
Province Syria
Region Commagene
City Samosata
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤΟ ΚΑΙ ΤΙ ΑΙΛ ΑΔΡΙ ΑΝΤωΝΕΙΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ ΕΥϹ(Ε)
Edition Αὐτο(κράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Τί(τος) Αἴλ(ιος) Ἁδρι(ανὸς) Ἀντωνεῖνος Σεβ(αστὸς) Εὐσε(βής)
Translation Emperor Caesar Titus Aelius Hadrianus Antoninus Augustus Pius
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Antoninus Pius wearing (cuirass and) paludamentum, right
Reverse inscription Φ ϹΑΜΟϹ(ΑΤ) ΙΕΡ ΑϹΥ ΑΥΤΟΝΟ ΜΗΤΡ(Ο) ΚΟ(Μ)
Edition Φ(λαουίων) Σαμοσατ(έων) ἱερ(ῆς) ἀσύ(λου) αὐτονό(μου) μητρο(πόλεως) Κομ(μαγηνῶν)
Translation of the Flavian Samosateans, sacred, inviolable, autonomous, metropolis of the Commageneans
Reverse design turreted Tyche seated on rock, left, holding poppy and two ears of corn, resting arm on rock, resting foot on swimming river-god (Euphrates)
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 10.00 g
Axis 11, 12
Reference BMC 26–8
Specimens 30 (27 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1840,0424.3 BMC 26, pl. XVI.10 (rev.)
2 2     L: 1844,0425.202 BMC 27, obverse without cuirass
3 3     L: G.5256 BMC 28
4 4     P: 1461
5 5     P: 1462
6 6     P: 1463, obverse without cuirass
7 7     P: coll. Chandon de Briailles 1097
8 8     P: coll. Chandon de Briailles 1098
9 9     P: Duplicates, obverse without cuirass
10 10     P: Duplicates
11 11     B: I-B
12 12     B: (Löbb)
13 13     B: Löbb, obverse without cuirass
14 14     B: no number, obverse without cuirass
15 15     C: Leake 2295, Asiatic Greece, p. 106.4
16 16     Mu: 9a (acc. 26901), obverse without cuirass
17 17     Mu: 9b (acc 90775)
18 18     NY: 1944.100.65194, obverse without cuirass
19 19     NY: 1944.100.65193
20 20     O
21 21     O
22 22     V: GR 20856
23 23     V: GR 20857, obverse without cuirass
24 24     V: GR 20858
25 25     G: III, 128, no. 19 SNG II, no. 2698
26 26     G: III, 128, no. 18 SNG II, no. 2597
27 27     G: III, 128, no. 17 SNG II, no. 2596
28 28     Münzen & Medaillen Deutschland 12 (16/04/2004), 607, pl. 12
29 29     R. McAlee coll. = Roma Numismatics E-Live 2, 30 Aug. 2018, lot 435
30 30     R. McAlee coll.