RPC IV.3, 8589 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume IV.3
Number 8589 (temporary)
Province Syria
Region Syria
City Laodicea ad Mare
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤΟ ΚΑ ΤΙ ΑΙ ΑΔΡ(Ι) ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟΝ ϹΕ(Β)
Edition Αὐτο(κράτωρ) Κα(ῖσαρ) Τί(τος) Αἴ(λιος) Ἁδρι(ανὸς) Ἀντωνεῖνος Σεβ(αστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Titus Aelius Hadrianus Antoninus Augustus
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Antoninus Pius wearing cuirass and paludamentum, left
Reverse inscription ΙΟΥΛΙΕΩΝ ΤΩΝ ΚΑΙ ΛΑΟΔΙΚΕΩΝ ΚΡΑ ϘΡ
Edition Ἰουλιέων τῶν καὶ Λαοδικέων ΚΡΑ ϙρʹ
Translation of the Julians also called Laodiceans KRA(?), 190
Reverse design turreted and draped bust of Tyche wearing bunch of grapes, left
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 10.80 g
Axis 1, 12
Specimens 8 (7 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 1188
2 2     ✸ B: v. Knobelsdorff
3 3     NY: 1944.100.66376
4 4     NY: 1944.100.66379
5 5     NY: 1953.171.1556
6 6     NY: 1953.171.1558, date obscure
7 7     NY: 1938.104.99, found at Dura, obverse worn, exact lettering in field uncertain, perhaps not this type
8 8     Freiburg: 12405