RPC IV.3, 6326 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.3
Number 6326 (temporary)
Province Syria Palaestina
Region Samaria
City Neapolis
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤΟΚ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ ΑΝΤωΝΙΝΟϹ ϹΕΒΑϹ ΕΥϹΕ
Edition Αὐτοκ(ράτωρ) Καῖσαρ Ἀντωνῖνος Σεβασ(τὸς) Εὐσε(βής)
Translation Emperor Caesar Antoninus Augustus Pious
Obverse design laureate head of Antoninus Pius, right
Reverse inscription ΦΛ ΝΕΑϹ ΠΟΛΕωϹ ϹΥΡΙΑϹ ΠΑΛΑΙϹΤΙ[Ν]ΗϹ
Edition Φλ(αουίας) Νέας Πόλεως Συρίας Παλαιστίνης
Translation of Flavia Neapolis of Syria Palaestina
Reverse design Mount Gerizim with two peaks; between, ravine with sloping roadway; left peak with temple in perspective and steep stairway with shrines attached; right peak with shrine on top and trees at base; before Mount Gerizim, colonnade
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 35 mm
Average weight 25.66 g
Axis 12
Reference BMC 21
Specimens 4 (3 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: BMC 21, pl. V.14 (rev.), authenticity doubtful: cast?
2 2     P: 146, obverse legend heavily tooled, ΑVΤΟΚ [ΚΑΙСΑΡ] ΑΝΤωΝΙΝΟС СƐΒ ƐVС
3 3     B: 1901/983
4 4     Lanz 112 (25/11/2002), 517