RPC IV.3, 6753 (temporary)

 

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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)
Edition Antoninus Aug(ustus) Pius P(ater) P(atriae) T(ribunicia) P(otestate)
Translation Antoninus Augustus Pious Father of the Fatherland, with tribunician power
Obverse design laureate head of Antoninus Pius, right
Reverse inscription COL BER
Edition col(onia) Ber(ytus)
Translation Colony of Berytus
Reverse design nude Neptune/Poseidon standing with foot on rock, left, holding dolphin and trident
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 13.66 g
Axis 11, 12
Reference Sawaya 1201 and 1203–5, Rouvier 538
Specimens 4 (1 in the core collections)
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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