RPC IV.3, 6752 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume IV.3
Number 6752 (temporary)
Province Syria
Region Phoenicia
City Berytus
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Obverse inscription IMP CAES T AE[ ] ANTO[ (all As shaped as Λ)
Edition Imp(erator) Caes(ar) T(itus) Ae[---] Anto[---]
Translation Emperor Caesar Titus Aelius[---] Antoninus[---]
Obverse design laureate head of Antoninus Pius, right
Reverse inscription COL BER
Edition col(onia) Ber(ytus)
Translation Colony of Berytus
Reverse design nude Neptune/Poseidon standing with foot on rock, left, holding dolphin and trident
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 13.39 g
Axis 12
Reference Sawaya 1202 corr., Rouvier 537
Specimens 2 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     NY: 1944.100.70306 (ex private coll. P. Schroeder, Beirut) = Sawaya 1202, pl. 19 (R483)
2 2     ✸ C: Leake 1339, Asiatic Greece, p. 32.11, obverse as 'Marcus Aurelius'