RPC IV.3, 6400 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.3
Number 6400 (temporary)
Province Syria Palaestina
Region Judaea
City Aelia Capitolina
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Person (rev.) Faustina I (Augusta)
Issue Early in the reign of Antoninus Pius
Dating c. 138–140
Obverse inscription IMP CA T AEL HAD ANToNINo AYG P P (all As shaped as Λ)
Obverse design laureate head of Antoninus Pius, right
Reverse inscription CO AE CAPI (all As may be shaped as Λ)
Reverse design veiled and draped female bust (Faustina I?) wearing stephane, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 23 mm
Axis 6
Reference Meshorer, Aelia Capitolina 27, BMC 17
Specimens 6 (4 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Private coll., USA = Meshorer, Aelia Capitolina 27, pl. 75
2 2     L: BMC 17, broken, 6.95g
3 3     ✸ L: 1931-6-3-56
4 4     P: 16
5 5     V: GR 22550
6 6     Frank Sternberg 34 (22/10/1998), 293, pl. XVIII