RPC IV.3, 6963 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume IV.3
Number 6963 (temporary)
Province Syria Palaestina
Region Judaea
City Ascalon
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΝΤωΝΙΝΟϹ ϹΕΒΑϹΤΟϹ
Obverse design laureate head of Antoninus Pius, right
Reverse inscription ΑϹΚΑΛωΝ ΑΞϹ
Reverse design Derketo standing on Triton, left, wearing crescent, holding dove and long sceptre; Triton holding cornucopia with both hands or holding trident and uncertain object
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Axis 12
Specimens 4 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     IMJ: Rosenberger 184 (drawing)
2 2     ✸ Private coll. Kagan, reading of date and hence attribution to this particular type not entirely certain
3 3     V: GR 22584, on reverse, Triton with cornucopia
4 4     CNG 38 (06/06/1996), 634, on reverse, Triton with cornucopia and uncertain object, perhaps trident?