RPC IV.3, 5853 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume IV.3
Number 5853 (temporary)
Province Galatia
Region Galatia
City Ancyra
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ ΑΔΡΙ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝ[Ω] ϹΕΒ ΠΙΩ
Obverse design bare head of Antoninus Pius, right
Reverse inscription Η ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΙϹ ΤΗϹ ΓΑΛΑΤΙΑϹ [ΑΝΚΥΡΑ]
Reverse design Mên standing, facing, head, left, wearing Phrygian cap, holding pine cone and long sceptre; behind his shoulders, crescent
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 38 mm
Axis 6
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1979-1-1-2660 (ex private coll. H. von Aulock, not catalogued in vA), authenticity doubtful: forgery?