RPC V.3, — (unassigned; ID 74091)

 

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Coin type
Volume V.3
Number — (unassigned; ID 74091)
Province Syria Phoenice
Region Phoenicia
City Berytus
Reign Macrinus
Person (obv.) Diadumenian (Caesar)
Dating AD 217/18
Obverse inscription M OP DIADVMENIANVS CAES
Edition M(arcus) Op(ellius) Diadumenianus Caes(ar)
Translation Marcus Opellius Diadumenianus Caesar
Obverse design bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust of Diadumenian, right
Reverse inscription COL IVL AVG FEL BER
Edition col(onia) Iul(ia) Aug(usta) Fel(ix) Ber(ytus)
Translation Colony Julia Augusta Felix, Berytus
Reverse design temple with four columns with steps leading up to it, pellet in pediment, with statue of Astarte within, holding aphlaston in right hand, left foot on prow; Astarte crowned by Nike on a column to right and to either side of them are genii on pedestal holding up globes; winged genii holding tridents on dolphins to either side of the temple steps, roof decorated with statuary group of Poseidon and Beroë, a winged Nike holding crown to either side as acroteria
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 31 mm
Average weight 21.68 g
Axis 5, 10, 11, 12
Reference Rouvier 570; BMC 170; Sawaya 1640–1655
Specimens 26 (15 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
— —     L: G.4017 BMC 169
— —     L: G.4413 BMC 170
— —     P: 1984.817
— —     P: Babelon 1286
— —     ✸ P: Babelon 1287
— —     P: Vogüé 323
— —     P: Hoffmann 110
— —     P: Chandon de Briailles 786
— —     C: CM.LK.1347-R SNG 6022
— —     G SNG 3310
— —     Mu
— —     NY: 1944.100.72348
— —     NY: 1944.100.72347
— —     V: GR 22086
— —     V: GR 22085
— —     Boston: 34.1423
— —     Würzburg: Ka 1404 = H 6771 = Hirsch 205, 22 Sept. 1999, lot 931 = CNG Triton I, 2 Dec. 1997, lot 715
— —     Yale: 2001.87.13462
— —     Canessa 5, 12 June 1928, lot 1183
— —     CNG EA 112, 13 Apr. 2005, lot 173
— —     CNG EA 531, 25 Jan. 2023, lot 628 = Lanz 117, 24 Nov. 2003, lot 987 = Münzen und Medaillen AG 81, 18-19 Sept. 1995, lot 742
— —     CNG EA 537, 26 Apr. 2023, lot 370
— —     Hirsch 21, 16 Nov. 1908 (coll. Weber), lot 4244
— —     Münzen und Medaillen, Sammlung Niggeler II, 21 Oct. 1966, lot 672
— —     Nomos obolos 9, 25 Mar. 2018, lot 364
— —     Trade (Monetarium, 2023)