RPC IV.3, 3788 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #7

 

Coin type
Volume IV.3
Number 3788 (temporary)
Province Syria Palaestina
Region Samaria
City Neapolis
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤΟΚ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ ΑΝΤωΝΙΝοϹ ϹΕΒΑϹ ΕΥϹΕ
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Antoninus Pius wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right
Reverse inscription ΦΛ ΝΕΑϹ ΠΟΛΕωϹ ϹΥΡΙΑϹ ΠΑΛΑΙϹΤ[ΙΝΗϹ] ΕΤ ΠΖ
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 on top and trees at base; before Mount Gerizim, colonnade
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Axis 11, 12
Reference BMC 23–6
Specimens 9 (9 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     NY: 1944.100.69095 SNG 965, pierced, 24.67g, reverse without second building on l. peak and without shrines attached to stairway
2 2     L: BMC 23, reverse without second building on l. peak and without shrines attached to stairway
3 3     L: BMC 24, reverse without second building on l. peak and without shrines attached to stairway, reading of date uncertain
4 4     L: BMC 25, pl. V.16, tooled, reverse with second building on l. peak, reading of date uncertain
5 5     L: BMC 26, pierced, 21.95g, BMC wrongly '15.64g', reverse with second building on l. peak, reading of date uncertain
6 6     P: 147, obverse lightly double struck
7 7     ✸ V: GR 22515, reverse with second building on l. peak, probably with shorter reverse legend
8 8     B: I-B, reverse with second building on l. peak, reading of date uncertain, reverse legend tooled ΦΛ ΝƐΑС ΠοΛƐ СΥΡΙΑС ΠΑ[
9 9     B: Löbb, both sides with signs of tooling