RPC IV, 6403


Image of specimen #21

Coin type
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Volume	IV.3
Number	6403 (temporary)
Province	Syria Palaestina
Region	Judaea
City	Aelia Capitolina
Reign	Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.)	Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Obverse inscription	IMP ANTONINVS AVG P P P (all As may be shaped as Λ)
Edition	Imp(erator) Antoninus Aug(ustus) P(ius) P(ater) P(atriae)
Translation	Emperor Antoninus Augustus Pius Father of the Fatherland
Obverse design	laureate-headed bust of Antoninus Pius wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right
Reverse inscription	CO AE CA (all As may be shaped as Λ)
Edition	co(lonia) Ae(lia) Ca(pitolina)
Translation	Colony of Aelia Capitolina
Reverse design	nude Dioscuri standing, facing, heads turned towards each other, above each head, star; each holding spear and resting arm on hip; (between, eagle standing, facing, head, left, spreading wings)
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average diameter	23 mm
Average weight	9.62 g
Axis	10, 11, 12
Reference	Meshorer, Aelia Capitolina 22–3, BMC 21–8, Cop 24
Specimens	28 (24 in the core collections)

Number	Number	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	More
1	1		Private coll. Y. Sasson, Jerusalem = Meshorer, Aelia Capitolina 22, pl. 75	23	10.88	12	Show
2	2	P: 13		23	7.67	12	Show
3	3	P: 13(bis), authenticity doubtful: cast?		21	10.14	12	Show
4	4	L: BMC 21, on obverse, S semi inverted		22	10.15	12	Show
5	5	L: BMC 22, on obverse, S semi inverted, authenticity doubtful: cast?		24	9.80	12	Show
6	6	L: BMC 23, pl. IX.6, reverse, on obverse, S semi inverted		25	9.02	12	Show
7	7	L: BMC 24, on obverse, S semi inverted		23	10.46	12	Show
8	8	L: BMC 25		23	9.04	12	Show
9	9	B: 1875/209		24	7.50	12	Show
10	10	B: (Löbb)		22	7.53	12	Show
11	11	Cop: 24, obverse legend obscure		22	9.19	12	Show
12	12	Mu: 1a		22	10.08	12	Show
13	13	NY: 1944.100.63127		22	12.67	12	Show
14	14	NY: 1944.100.63128	SNG 597	22	9.28	12	Show
15	15	NY: 1974.140.99	SNG 596	22	8.87	12	Show
16	16	V: GR 22547		23	8.35	12	Show
17	17	V: GR 22548		25	8.48	11	Show
18	18	V: GR 22549		22	9.34	12	Show
19	19		Private coll., USA = Meshorer, Aelia Capitolina 23, pl. 75, reverse without eagle	24	11.51	12	Show
20	20	P: 12, reverse without eagle		21	10.49	11	Show
21	21 ✸	L: BMC 26, reverse without eagle		23	10.27	12	Show
22	22	L: BMC 27, reverse without eagle		24	9.62	12	Show
23	23	L: BMC 28, pl. IX.7 (rev.), reverse without eagle		24	9.14	12	Show
24	24	B: Löbb, reverse without eagle		23	10.32	11	Show
25	25	B: Löbb, reverse without eagle		23	9.45	12	Show
26	26	C: Lewis 1984		22	9.51	10	Show
27	27	Bern: Righetti 2433		22	10.92	11	Show
28	28	Brisbane: 1475		21			Show