RPC IV.3, 6710 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.3
Number 6710 (temporary)
Province Cappadocia
Region Cappadocia
City Caesarea
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Ἀντωνῖνος Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖσαρ Ἀντωνῖνος
Translation Emperor Caesar Antoninus
Obverse design laureate head of Antoninus Pius, right
Reverse inscription ΚΑΙϹΑΡΕΩΝ ΤΩΝ [ΠΡ?] ΤΩ ΑΡΓ ΕΤ Ζ
Edition Καισαρέων τῶν πρὸς τῷ Ἀργαίῳ ἔτους ζʹ Καισαρέων τῶν πρ(ὸς) τῷ Ἀργ(αίῳ) ἔτ(ους) ζʹ
Translation of the Caesareans on Argaeus, of year 7
Reverse design Mount Argaeus with trees; on summit, Helios standing, left, holding globe and long sceptre
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 10.78 g
Axis 1, 6, 10, 12
Reference S 309, BMC 155
Specimens 11 (4 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: BMC 155
2 2     NY: 1944.100.62546, under Cappadocia Mt. Argaeus
3 3     B: Löbb, with additional reverse legend variation, perhaps ] ΤΩΝ Π Τ ΑΡ N reversed ?
4 4     V: GR 20116
5 5     Henseler 389 = Ganschow 223a
6 6     Henseler 390 = MZ 135, 2007, lot 1021
7 7     Henseler 391 = Gärtner 32, 2015, lot 34252
8 8     Henseler 389A = Rex Numismatics EA 17, 2025, lot 491
9 9     CGT coll.
10 10     CGT coll.
11 11     CGT coll. ex CNG 255, 3 May 2011, lot 246