RPC IV.3, 6212 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.3
Number 6212 (temporary)
Province Syria
Region Phoenicia
City Orthosia
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ ΤΙ ΑΙΛ ΑΔΡ ΑΝΤωΝΕΙΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Τί(τος) Αἴλ(ιος) Ἁδρ(ιανὸς) Ἀντωνεῖνος Σεβ(αστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Titus Aelius Hadrianus Antoninus Augustus
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Antoninus Pius wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right
Reverse inscription ΒΞΥ ΟΡΘωϹΙΕωΝ
Edition βξυʹ Ὀρθωσιέων
Translation 239, of the Orthosians
Reverse design turreted Astarte standing with foot on prow, facing, holding long cruciform sceptre, raising skirt; to right, Nike standing on column, left, crowning Astarte; in exergue, river-god swimming, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 11.10 g
Axis 12
Reference Rouvier 877
Specimens 10 (8 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     NY: 1944.100.71171 Rouvier 877, pl. Z'.20 (rev.), ex private coll. J. Rouvier, Beirut
2 2     ✸ P Bab 1497, pl. XXVIII.20
3 3     P: coll. Chandon de Briailles 997
4 4     P: Duplicates
5 5     B: 28714
6 6     B: I-B
7 7     Mu: 2, worn, both legends obscure
8 8     Lindgren III, 1410
9 9     Alex G. Malloy 23 (30/10/1987), 135, pl. IV
10 10     O