RPC IV.3, 6334 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume IV.3
Number 6334 (temporary)
Province Syria Palaestina
Region Samaria
City Neapolis
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Marcus Aurelius (Caesar)
Dating 159/60
Obverse inscription ΑΥΡΗΛΙοϹ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ ΕΥϹΕΒ ϹΕΒ ΥΙοϹ (Αs may be shaped as Λs)
Edition Αὐρήλιος Καῖσαρ Εὐσεβ(ὴς) Σεβ(αστοῦ) υἰὸς
Translation Aurelius Caesar, Pious, son of the Augustus
Obverse design bare head of Marcus Aurelius (short beard), right
Reverse inscription ΦΛ ΝΕΑϹ ΠοΛΕ(ωϹ) ϹΥΡΙΑϹ ΠΑ(ΛΕ) ΕΤ ΠΗ (ΕΤ)
Edition Φλ(αουίας) Νέας Πόλεως Συρίας Παλε(στίνης) ἔτ(ους) πηʹ ἔτ(ους)
Translation of Flavia Neapolis, of Syria Palaestina, year 88, year
Reverse design draped bust of Sarapis wearing kalathos, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 9.63 g
Axis 11, 12
Reference BMC 44–9
Specimens 19 (16 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: BMC 44
2 2     L: BMC 45
3 3     L: BMC 46
4 4     L: BMC 47, pl. VI.2 (rev.)
5 5     L: BMC 48
6 6     L: BMC 49, on reverse, reading of date uncertain
7 7     P: 150
8 8     P: 151
9 9     B: Löbb, perhaps with additional reverse legend variation
10 10     NY: 1961.154.135 SNG 966
11 11     NY: 1944.100.69096 SNG 967, weight wrongly as '11.00g'
12 12     NY: 1944.100.69097 SNG 968
13 13     C: SNG 6104 Leake 7914, Suppl., p. 72.1
14 14     Bern: Righetti 2416
15 15     O
16 16     O
17 17     G: III, 278, no. 4 SNG II, no. 3573
18 18     Frank Sternberg 34 (22/10/1998), 237, pl. XVI
19 19     Münster: M 1521