RPC IV.1, 8749 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 8749 (temporary)
Province Thrace
Region Thrace
City Pautalia
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Magistrate Lucius Pompeius Vopiscus (legatus Augusti pro praetore)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ Τ ΑΙ ΑΔΡΙ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Τ(ίτος) Αἴ(λιος) Ἁδρι(ανὸς) Ἀντωνῖνος
Translation Emperor Caesar Titus Aelius Hadrianus Antoninus
Obverse design laureate head of Antoninus Pius, right
Reverse inscription ΗΓΕΜ ΠΟΜΠΕΙ ΟΥΟΠΕΙϹΚΟΥ ΠΑΥΤΑΛΙΩΤΩΝ
Edition ἡγεμ(όνος) Πομπεί(ου) Οὐοπίσκου Παυταλιωτῶν
Translation of the governor Pompeius Vopiscus, of the Pautalians
Reverse design female figure (Tyche or Roma?) seated, left, wearing kalathos, holding Nike on globe and cornucopia
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 30 mm
Average weight 18.14 g
Axis 6, 7
Reference Ruzicka, Pautalia 9–10, BMC 2
Specimens 7 (5 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: BMC 2
2 2     P: 945 (ex 770)
3 3     Sarajewo Museum 7901
4 4     Mouchmov 4082
5 5     B: 1904/35
6 6     P: 944 (ex 770)
7 7     P: 948 (ex 772A), worn, attribution to Pius and to 'magistrate' Vopiscus uncertain