RPC IV.1, 7424 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 7424 (temporary)
Province Thrace
Region Thrace
City Philippopolis
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Magistrate Lucius Pompeius Vopiscus (legatus Augusti pro praetore)
Obverse inscription ΑΥ Τ ΑΙ ΑΔΡΙ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Τ(ίτος) Αἴ(λιος) Ἁδρι(ανὸς) Ἀντωνεῖνος
Translation Emperor Titus Aelius Hadrianus Antoninus
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Antoninus Pius wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΗΓΕ [Π]ΟΜ ΟΥΟΠΕΙϹΚΟΥ [Φ]ΙΛΙΠΠΟΠΟ[ΛΕ?]ΙΤΩΝ
Edition ἡγε(μονεύοντος) Πομ(πεΐου) Οὐοπείσκου Φιλιπποπολειτῶν
Translation under governor Pompeius Vopiscus, of the Philippopolitans
Reverse design bearded river-god (Hebros) reclining, left, holding two ears of corn and cornucopia, resting on rock from which water flows
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 32 mm
Average weight 17.46 g
Axis 1
Reference Mouchmov, Philip. 48, von Fritze Mys. 233 corr.
Specimens 4 (3 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Mu: 2, under 'Apollonia ad Rhyndacum', worn
1 1     V
2 2     Bucharest, D.G. Severeanu Museum
3 3     ✸ C: SNG 1763 Leake 8670, Suppl., p. 141.7 = Tochon coll. 369