RPC IV.3, 6698 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.3
Number 6698 (temporary)
Province Arabia
Region Arabia
City Bostra
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΝΤωΝ[ΕΙΝΟ?]
Edition Ἀντωνεῖνος Ἀντωνεῖνο(ς)
Translation Antoninus
Obverse design laureate head of Antoninus Pius, right
Reverse inscription ΒΟϹΤ(Ρ) (part of rev. legend may be retrograde)
Edition Βόστρα Βόστρ(α)
Translation Bostra
Reverse design ram standing, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 11 mm
Average weight 1.68 g
Axis 5, 6
Reference Kindler, Bostra 6
Specimens 11 (4 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ NY: 1947.97.562 SNG 1173 = AMSMN 4 (1950), 83, no. 5
2 2     NY: 1944.100.69244 SNG 1174
3 3     NY: 1944.100.69245 SNG 1175
4 4     NY: 1944.100.69246 SNG 1176
5 5     Tel Aviv Kindler, Bostra 6a, pl. I
6 6     Private coll. M.J. Gerstenfeld, Tel-Aviv
7 7     Private coll. E. Grosswirth, Jerusalem
8 8     IMJ: Rosenberger 6 Kindler, Bostra 6, pl. I
9 9     G. Hirsch 201 (24/09/1998), 697, under 'uncertain' = G. Hirsch 204 (05/05/1999), 686, under 'uncertain', worn, attribution to this type uncertain, on reverse, ram walking
10 10     CGT coll., ex Lindgren coll.
11 11     CNG 159, 28 Feb. 2007, lot 187