RPC IV.3, 6033 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.3
Number 6033 (temporary)
Province Cilicia
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Trachea
City Olba
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤΟΚΡΑΤΩΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Ἀντωνεῖνος
Translation Emperor Antoninus
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Antoninus Pius wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right
Reverse inscription οΛΒΕΩΝ
Edition Ὀλβεῶν
Translation of the Olbians
Reverse design Selene-Hecate standing in galloping biga drawn by hump-backed bulls, left, holding torch; behind her shoulders, crescent; in field, four stars
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 30 mm
Average weight 16.90 g
Axis 1
Reference Staffieri, Olba 46, G.M. Staffieri, QT 16 (1987), 235, no. 46
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 869 SNG 850 = Wa 4434 = Staffieri, Olba 46, pl. V.39 (rev.) = A. v. Sallet, ZfN 12 (1885), p. 369 = GM 711, no. 567, comment
2 2     Levante 653 = G.M. Staffieri, QT 16 (1987), 235, no. 46, illustrated