RPC IV.3, 5785 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.3
Number 5785 (temporary)
Province Syria
Region Syria
City Emesa
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ ΤΙ ΑΙΛ ΑΔΡΙ ΑΝΤωΝΕΙΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ ΕΥ([ϹΕ?])
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) 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 head of Antoninus Pius, right
Reverse inscription ΕΜΙϹΗΝωΝ Ε
Edition Ἐμισηνῶν εʹ
Translation of the Emisenes, 5
Reverse design eagle standing on sacred stone of Elagabal, right, head, left, wings half open, holding wreath in beak; (stone decorated with star)
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 9.97 g
Axis 11, 12
Reference BMC 6–7
Specimens 7 (7 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1841,0730.171 BMC 6, pl. XXVII.9, reverse, on reverse, stone decorated with star
2 2     L: 1846,0630.61 BMC 7
3 3     P: 981, on reverse, stone decorated with star
4 4     P: 982, on reverse, stone decorated with star
5 5     B: I-B
6 6     NY: 1944.100.66175
7 7     G: III, 195, no. 2 SNG II, no. 3158