RPC IV.3, 6755 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.3
Number 6755 (temporary)
Province Syria
Region Phoenicia
City Berytus
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Obverse inscription IMP CAES T AELIO HAD AN[
Edition Imp(eratori) Caes(ari) T(ito) Aelio Had(riano) An[---]
Translation to Emperor Caesar Titus Aelius Hadrian An[---]
Obverse design laureate head of Antoninus Pius, right
Reverse inscription COL IVL AVG FEL BER
Edition col(onia) Iul(ia) Aug(usta) Fel(ix) Ber(ytus)
Translation Colony Julia Augusta Felix, Berytus
Reverse design temple with four columns enclosing statue of turreted Fortuna/Tyche-Astarte standing with foot on prow, facing, holding long standard, raising dress with left hand; to right, Victoria/Nike standing on column, left, crowning Fortuna/Tyche
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Average weight 19.48 g
Axis 12
Reference Sawaya 1157–8, BMC 102
Specimens 2 (2 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1908,0110.1122 BMC 102 = Sawaya 1157, pl. 18 (D248, R454)
2 2     NY: 1944.100.70305 (ex private coll. P. Schroeder, Beirut) = Sawaya 1158, pl. 18 (D249, R455, wronlgy 'R255', obverse legend obscure)