RPC IV.3, 6989 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume IV.3
Number 6989 (temporary)
Province Syria
Region Syria
City Hierapolis
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Marcus Aurelius (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ[ ] [ΑΥΡΗΛΙ?] ΑΝΤωΝΙΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖ[---] Αὐρήλι(ος) Ἀντωνῖνος
Translation Emperor Caesar [---] Aurelius Antoninus
Obverse design laureate head of Marcus Aurelius, left
Reverse inscription ΘΕΑϹ ϹΥΡΙΑϹ ΙΕΡΟΠΟ (and below, numeral Α with curved crossbar, Β? or Η)
Edition Θεᾶς Συρίας Ἱεροπο(λιτῶν)
Translation of the Goddess Syria, of the Hierapolitans
Reverse design in laurel wreath
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 22 mm
Average weight 9.54 g
Axis 12
Reference BMC 32 corr.
Specimens 6 (5 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: G.5339 BMC 32, obverse as 'Lucius Verus' in BMC, slighlty misreading reverse legend as ΘƐΑС СΥΡΑС(sic) ΙƐΡΟΠ Α, in L under 'Lucius Verus'
2 2     P de Luynes IV, 3463, pl. CXXVIII
3 3     ✸ P: no number (Seymour de Ricci)
4 4     Private coll. R.G. McAlee
5 5     P: 1688
6 6     G: III, 137, no. 18 SNG II, no. 2682