RPC IV.3, 6751 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.3
Number 6751 (temporary)
Province Syria
Region Phoenicia
City Berytus
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Obverse inscription IMP CAES T AEL(IO) HAD ANTONINO AVG PIO P P
Edition Imp(erator) Caes(ar) T(itus) Aelio Had(riano) Antonino Aug(usto) Pio P(ater) P(atriae)
Translation Emperor Caesar Titus Aelius Hadrianus Antoninus Augustus Pius Father of the Fatherland
Obverse design laureate head of Antoninus Pius, right, with drapery on left shoulder
Reverse inscription COL BER
Edition col(onia) Ber(ytus)
Translation colony of Berytus
Reverse design two military standards, each surmounted by eagle; in laurel wreath
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 22 mm
Average weight 8.97 g
Axis 1, 5, 6, 12
Reference Sawaya 1173, Rouvier 536
Specimens 4 (2 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     NY: 1944.100.70313 (ex private coll. J. Rouvier, Beirut) = Sawaya 1173, pl. 18 (D255, R464)
2 2     Private coll. R.G. McAlee, obverse legend worn, perhaps different emperor
3 3     ✸ V: GR 22059
4 4     Richard McAlee coll.