RPC IV.3, 6698 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume IV.3
Number 6698 (temporary)
Province Arabia
Region Arabia
City Bostra
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΝΤωΝ[ΕΙΝΟ?]
Obverse design laureate head of Antoninus Pius, right
Reverse inscription ΒΟϹΤ(Ρ) (part of rev. legend may be retrograde)
Reverse design ram standing, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 11 mm
Axis 5, 6
Reference Kindler, Bostra 6
Specimens 9 (4 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ NY: 1947.97.562 SNG 1173 = AMSMN 4 (1950), 83, no. 5
2 2     NY: 1944.100.69244 SNG 1174
3 3     NY: 1944.100.69245 SNG 1175
4 4     NY: 1944.100.69246 SNG 1176
5 5     Tel Aviv Kindler, Bostra 6a, pl. I
6 6     Private coll. M.J. Gerstenfeld, Tel-Aviv
7 7     Private coll. E. Grosswirth, Jerusalem
8 8     IMJ: Rosenberger 6 Kindler, Bostra 6, pl. I
9 9     G. Hirsch 201 (24/09/1998), 697, under 'uncertain' = G. Hirsch 204 (05/05/1999), 686, under 'uncertain', worn, attribution to this type uncertain, on reverse, ram walking