RPC IV.3, 6262 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #6

 

Coin type
Volume IV.3
Number 6262 (temporary)
Province Syria
Region Syria
City Laodicea ad Mare
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤΟ ΚΑΙ ΤΙ ΑΙΛ ΑΔΡΙ ΑΝΤωΝΕΙΝΟϹ ϹΕ ΕΥΒ(sic)
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Τίτος Αἴλιος Ἁδριανὸς Ἀντωνεῖνος Σεβαστὸς Εὐσεβής Αὐτο(κράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Τί(τος) Αἴλ(ιος) Ἁδρι(ανὸς) Ἀντωνεῖνος Σε(βαστὸς) Εὐ<σε>β(ής)
Translation Emperor Caesar Titus Aelius Hadrianus Antoninus Augustus Pius
Obverse design laureate head of Antoninus Pius, right
Reverse inscription ΙΟΥΛΙΕωΝ ΤωΝ ΚΑΙ ΛΑΟΔΙΚΕωΝ ΘΕ ΗΠΡ
Edition Ἰουλιέων τῶν καὶ Λαοδικέων θεὰ? ηπρʹ Ἰουλιέων τῶν καὶ Λαοδικέων θε(ὰ?) ηπρʹ
Translation goddess(?) of the Julians also called Laodiceans, 188
Reverse design turreted and draped bust of Tyche wearing bunch of grapes, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 9.74 g
Axis 12
Reference BMC 57–8
Specimens 16 (13 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: BMC 57
2 2     L: BMC 58
3 3     P: coll. Chandon de Briailles 1720
4 4     P: Duplicates, obverse legend obscure
5 5     B: 5192JF
6 6     ✸ B: Rauch
7 7     NY: 1953.171.1544, obverse legend obscure
8 8     NY: 1944.100.66367, reverse legend mostly obscure, reading of both date and letters in field uncertain, attribution to this type only tentative
9 9     O
10 10     O
11 11     G: III, 205, no. 23 SNG II, no. 3196
12 12     V: GR 21739 (with signs of tooling)
13 13     V: GR 21740
14 14     Bochum: M 3245
15 15     CGT coll. ex Savoca Monthly London 5, 15 March 2020, lot 463
16 16     CGT coll.