RPC IV.3, 6402 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.3
Number 6402 (temporary)
Province Syria Palaestina
Region Judaea
City Aelia Capitolina
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Obverse inscription IMP ANTONINYS AVG P P P (all As shaped as Λ)
Edition Imp(erator) Antoninus Aug(ustus) P(ater) P(atriae) P(ontifex)
Translation Emperor Antoninus Augustus, father of the fatherland, chief priest
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Antoninus Pius wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right
Reverse inscription CO AE CA (all As may be shaped as Λ)
Edition co(lonia) Ae(lia) Ca(pitolina)
Translation Colony of Aelia Capitolina
Reverse design Mars/Ares(?) standing, facing, head, left, wearing helmet, holding spear, resting arm on shield; (to left, eagle standing, spreading wings)
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 22 mm
Average weight 8.88 g
Axis 12
Reference Meshorer, Aelia Capitolina 25 and 25a, BMC 20
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: BMC 20, pl. IX.5 (rev.) Meshorer, Aelia Capitolina 25, pl. 75, on obv., S semi inverted, reverse with eagle
2 2     Private coll. R. Brown, Jerusalem = Meshorer, Aelia Capitolina 25a, pl. 75, broken, 9.03g, reverse without eagle
3 3     Brisbane: 1927