RPC IV.3, 8621 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.3
Number 8621 (temporary)
Province Syria Palaestina
Region Samaria
City Neapolis
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤοΚ [Κ]ΑΙϹΑΡ [ΑΝΤω]ΝΙΝοϹ ϹΕΒΑϹ ΕΥϹΕ
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Antoninus Pius wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right
Reverse inscription ΦΛ ΝΕΑϹ ΠΟΛΕωϹ ϹΥΡΙΑϹ Π[ ] ΕΤ [ΠΘ?]
Reverse design Mount Gerizim with two peaks; between, ravine with sloping roadway; left peak with temple in perspective, another building and steep stairway with shrines attached; right peak with shrine; before Mount Gerizim, colonnade
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Axis 12
Reference BMC 22
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: BMC 22, pl. V.15 (rev.) de Sauley, 248, no. 2