RPC IV.3, 6804 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.3
Number 6804 (temporary)
Province Syria
Region Phoenicia
City Tripolis
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Issue Year ΘΝΥ = 459
Dating AD 147/8
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ ΤΙ ΑΙΛ ΑΔΡ ΑΝΤωΝΕΙΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ ΕΥϹ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Τί(τος) Αἴλ(ιος) Ἁδρ(ιανὸς) Ἀντωνεῖνος Σεβ(αστὸς) Εὐσ(εβής)
Translation Emperor Caesar Titus Aelius Hadrianus Antoninus Augustus Pius
Obverse design laureate head of Antoninus Pius, right
Reverse inscription ΘΝΥ ΤΡΙΠΟΛΕΙΤωΝ
Edition θνυʹ Τριπολειτῶν
Translation (year) 459, of the Tripolitans
Reverse design draped busts of the Dioscuri jugate, right; each wearing laureate pileus surmounted by star
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 22 mm
Average weight 9.38 g
Axis 12
Reference Rouvier 1706, BMC 63–4, Cop 282
Specimens 11 (9 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1909,0102.20 BMC 63
2 2     L: 1841,0730.181 BMC 64
3 3     C: Leake 2699, Asiatic Greece, p. 138.5
4 4     C: Leake 2700, Asiatic Greece, p. 138.6, obverse legend and date obsure
5 5     P
6 6     B: Löbb, obverse legend obscure
7 7     Cop: 282 (not illustrated), both legends obscure
8 8     NY: 1944.100.72583
9 9     NY: 1948.19.2277
10 10     Gorny & Mosch 129 (08/03/2004), 1915
11 11     Freiburg: 12496