RPC IV.3, 6756 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.3
Number 6756 (temporary)
Province Syria
Region Phoenicia
City Berytus
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P T P (all As shaped as Λ)
Edition Antoninus Augustus Pius Pater Patriae Tribunicia Potestate Antoninus Aug(ustus) Pius P(ater) P(atriae) T(ribunicia) P(otestate)
Translation Antoninus Augustus Pious Father of the Fatherland, with tribunician power
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Antoninus Pius wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right
Reverse inscription COL BER [AVG?]
Edition colonia Berytus Augusta col(onia) Ber(ytus) Aug(usta)
Translation colony of Berytus Augusta
Reverse design temple with four columns enclosing statue of turreted Fortuna/Tyche-Astarte standing with foot on prow, facing, holding long standard, raising dress with left hand; to right, Victoria/Nike standing on column, left, crowning Fortuna/Tyche
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Average weight 18.26 g
Axis 12
Reference Sawaya 1174–9, Rouvier 540, BMC 103
Specimens 6 (2 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     BL 199 = Sawaya 1174, pl. 18 (D256, R465)
2 2     ✸ L: 1900,0707.74 BMC 103, pl. IX.7 (rev.) = Sawaya 1175, pl. 18 (D257, R466)
3 3     NY: 1944.100.70304 (ex private coll. J. Rouvier, Beirut)
4 4     BL 200 = Sawaya 1177, pl. 18–19 (D258, R467)
5 5     Ronde C 153
6 6     BL 261, worn, both legends obscure