RPC IV.3, 6621 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.3
Number 6621 (temporary)
Province Arabia
Region Arabia
City Petra
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ Τ ΑΙΛ ΑΔΡΙΑ ΑΝΤωΝΙΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ ΕΥϹΕΒ
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Antoninus Pius wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right
Reverse inscription ΑΔΡΙΑΝΗ ΠΕΤ[ΡΑ] ΜΗΤΡοΠοΠοΛΙϹ(sic) (first Α shaped as Υ, others as Λ)
Reverse design turreted and veiled Tyche standing, left, holding patera over horned altar and trophy
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Axis 6
Reference Spijkerman 14, BMC 14
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: BMC 14, pl. V.13 (rev.) Spijkerman 14, pl. 49, wrongly labelled '15' (on l.) = de Saulcy, p. 352
2 2     Münster: M 5986