RPC IV.3, 6636 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.3
Number 6636 (temporary)
Province Arabia
Region Syria
City Philadelphia
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ ΑΝΤωΝΕΙΝΟϹ
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Antoninus Pius wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right; to right, small draped bust of Athena, left
Reverse inscription ΦΙΛΑΔΕΛΦΕωΝ ΚΟΙΛ ϹΥΡΙΑϹ
Reverse design bust of Heracles (head assimilated to portrait of lightly bearded - short bearded Marcus Aurelius) wearing lion skin, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 23 mm
Axis 5, 6, 7
Reference Spijkerman 17, BMC 9–10
Specimens 11 (4 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: BMC 9, pl. VI.7
2 2     L: BMC 10
3 3     J-SBF Spijkerman 17
4 4     J-SBF Spijkerman 17
5 5     Private coll. Kagan
6 6     NY: 1944.100.69405 SNG 1387
7 7     O
8 8     Frank Sternberg 34 (22/10/1998), 493, pl. XXVIII
9 9     ✸ Dorotheum Nov. 2014 (19/11/2014), 745 = Dorotheum May 2015 (28/05/2015), 650
10 10     Kölner Münzkabinett Electronic Auction 7 (05/06/2021), 151
11 11     Münster: M 5957