RPC IV.3, 6327 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.3
Number 6327 (temporary)
Province Syria Palaestina
Region Samaria
City Neapolis
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤΟΚ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ ΑΝΤⲰΝΙΝΟϹ ϹƐΒ ƐΥϹƐ
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Antoninus Pius wearing cuirass and paludamentum, r.
Reverse inscription ΦΛ ΝƐΑϹ ΠΟΛƐⲰϹ ϹΥΡΙΑϹ ΠΑΛΑΙϹΤΙΝΗϹ (probably no date)
Reverse design Mount Gerizim with two peaks; between, ravine with sloping roadway; l. peak with temple in perspective and steep stairway with shrines attached; r. peak with shrine; before Mount Gerizim, colonnade
Metal Æ
Average diameter 34 mm
Axis 6, 12
Specimens 6 (5 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 75 (Medaillon), struck on too large a flan, 44mm, 52.22g, obverse with traces of silver cover, reverse with second building on l. peak
2 2     P: 145A
3 3     ✸ P: 145
4 4     B: (Löbb)
5 5     G: III, 278, no. 3 SNG II, no. 3572
6 6     Boston: 64.298