RPC IV.3, 9814 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume IV.3
Number 9814 (temporary)
Province Syria
Region Syria
City Antioch
Reign Antoninus Pius
Issue 'Pseudo-autonomous': Reign of Antoninus Pius
Obverse inscription ΑΝΤΙΟΧΕωΝ ΤΗϹ ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕωϹ
Edition Ἀντιοχέων τῆς μητροπόλεως
Translation (city) of the Antiocheans, the metropolis
Obverse design laureate-headed and draped bust of Apollo, right
Reverse inscription ΕΤΟΥϹ ΔϘΡ (and above, numeral letter Α?, Β?, or Ι)
Edition ἔτους δϙρʹ
Translation of year 194
Reverse design lyre
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 13 mm
Average weight 1.66 g
Axis 6, 11, 12
Specimens 5 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     V: GR 21185 (reading of numeral letter as 'A' only tentative)
2 2     B: 17697, numeral looks like B tooled to A
3 3     ✸ Yale: ex PRF
4 4     Private coll. CGT = Savoca Numismatik Blue 2 (04/05/2019), 916
5 5     J. Valentine coll. = Sol Numismatik X, 4 Feb. 2023, lot 115