RPC IV.3, 6636 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #9

 

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
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖσαρ Ἀντωνεῖνος
Translation Emperor Caesar Antoninus
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
Edition Φιλαδελφέων Κοίλ(ης) Συρίας
Translation of the Philadelphians of Coele Syria
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
Average weight 8.98 g
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