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 ΑΝΤωΝΙΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ ΕΥϹΕ
Edition Αὐτοκ(ράτωρ) Καῖσαρ Ἀντωνῖνος Σεβ(αστὸς) Εὐσε(βής)
Translation Emperor Caesar Antoninus Augustus Pious
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Antoninus Pius wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right
Reverse inscription ΦΛ ΝΕΑϹ ΠΟΛΕωϹ ϹΥΡΙΑϹ ΠΑΛΑΙϹΤΙΝΗϹ (probably no date)
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; before Mount Gerizim, colonnade
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Average weight 24.55 g
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