RPC IV.3, 6280 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #6

 

Coin type
Volume IV.3
Number 6280 (temporary)
Province Syria
Region Syria
City Seleucia
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Obverse inscription Α[Υ]Τ ΚΑΙ Τ ΑΙ ΑΔ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ ΕΥ (Νs may be shaped as Иs)
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Τ(ίτος) Αἴ(λιος) Ἁδ(ριανὸς) Ἀντωνεῖνος Σεβ(αστὸς) Εὐ(σεβής)
Translation Emperor Caesar Titus Aelius Hadrianus Antoninus Augustus Pius
Obverse design laureate head of Antoninus Pius (with traces of drapery), right
Reverse inscription ΖΕΥϹ ΚΕΡΑΥ ϹΕΛΕΥΚΕΩ(Ν) ΠΙΕΡΙ(ΑϹ) (and numeral letter Α or Ε, Ζ reversed)
Edition Ζεὺς Κεραύ(νιος) Σελευκέων Πιερίας
Translation Zeus Keraunios, of the Seleucians of Pieria
Reverse design thunderbolt on cushion placed on stool; in upper right field, star; (in lower right, field, second star)
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 10.87 g
Axis 6, 11, 12
Reference BMC 46
Specimens 9 (9 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: BMC 46
2 2     L: 1914-7-9-46
3 3     P: Y23879/69, obverse with traces of drapery
4 4     P: coll. Chandon de Briailles 1311, broken, 10.59g, on obverse, traces of uncertain
5 5     B: 18261111, Rauch
6 6     ✸ B: 18261110, Löbb.
7 7     B: 18261112, I-B
8 8     NY: 1953.171.1578, on reverse, star and Greek numeral uncertain
9 9     O