RPC IV.3, 6296 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.3
Number 6296 (temporary)
Province Arabia
Region Syria
City Philadelphia
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Marcus Aurelius (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙϹ Μ ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤωΝΕΙΝοϹ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Ἀντωνεῖνος Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖσ(αρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Ἀντωνεῖνος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
Obverse design laureate head of Marcus Aurelius with traces of drapery, right
Reverse inscription ΘΕΑ ΑϹΤΕΡΙΑ ΦΙΛ ΚοΙ ϹΥΡΙ
Edition Θεὰ Ἀστερία Φιλαδελφέων Κοίλης Συρίας Θεὰ Ἀστερία Φιλ(αδελφέων) Κοί(λης) Συρί(ας)
Translation Goddess Asteria, of the Philadelphians, of Coele-Syria
Reverse design veiled and draped bust of goddess Asteria, right; head surmounted by star
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 13.54 g
Axis 12
Reference Spijkerman 24(2), BMC 12, BMC (Syria) 2
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: BMC 12, pl. VI.9 (rev.) = BMC (Syria) 2, pl. XXXVIII.10 (rev.)
2 2     CGT coll. ex H. C. Lindgren coll. = Lindgren/Kovacs A2220A