RPC IV.3, 6969 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.3
Number 6969 (temporary)
Province Syria
Region Syria
City Emesa
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Obverse inscription [ΑΥ]Τ ΚΑΙ ΤΙ ΑΙΛ ΑΔΡΙ ΑΝΤ]ωΝΕΙΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ ΕΥϹ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Τίτος Αἴλιος Ἁδριανὸς Ἀντωνεῖνος Σεβαστὸς Εὐσεβής Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Τί(τος) Αἴλ(ιος) Ἁδρι(ανὸς) Ἀντωνεῖνος Σεβ(αστὸς) Εὐσ(εβής)
Translation Emperor Caesar Titus Aelius Hadrianus Antoninus Augustus Pius
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Antoninus Pius wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right
Reverse inscription ΕΜΙϹΗΝωΝ Γ
Edition Ἐμισηνῶν γʹ Ἐμισηνῶν γʹ
Translation of the Emisenes, 3
Reverse design eagle standing on sacred stone of Elagabal (surmounted by bone), right, head, left, wings half open, holding wreath in beak; (stone decorated with star between two dots)
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 8.79 g
Axis 1, 12
Specimens 6 (4 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Private coll. R.G. McAlee
2 2     P: 979
3 3     P: 978, on reverse, eagle without bone and stone without decoration
4 4     P: Delepierre 1, on reverse, eagle without bone and stone without decoration
5 5     V: GR 21666, on reverse, eagle without bone and stone without decoration
6 6     CGT coll. ex Savoca 6th London Blue, 6 Oct. 2019, lot 619