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 AELIO HAD[RI?] ANTONINO AVG [ (all As shaped as Λ)
Edition Imp(eratori) Caes(ari) T(ito) Aelio Hadri(ano) Antonino Aug(usto) [---]
Translation to Emperor Caesar Titus Aelius Hadrian Antoninus Augustus [---]
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Antoninus Pius wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right
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 23 mm
Average weight 9.78 g
Axis 1, 5, 6
Reference Sawaya 1173, Rouvier 536
Specimens 3 (2 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number 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