RPC IV.3, 6753 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume IV.3
Number 6753 (temporary)
Province Syria
Region Phoenicia
City Berytus
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P T P (all As shaped as Λ)
Obverse design laureate head of Antoninus Pius, right
Reverse inscription COL BER
Reverse design nude Neptune/Poseidon standing with foot on rock, left, holding dolphin and trident
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 24 mm
Axis 11, 12
Reference Sawaya 1201 and 1203–5, Rouvier 538
Specimens 4 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P Bab 1241, obverse legend obscure = Sawaya 1201, pl. 19 (D264, R482)
2 2     MNB 1003, worn, attribution to this type uncertain
3 3     MNB 999, worn, attribution to this type uncertain
4 4     Trade, seen in Beirut, worn, attribution to this type uncertain