RPC IV.2, 25909 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 25909 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Alabanda
Region Caria
City Neapolis ad Harpasum
Reign Antoninus Pius
Magistrate Proteas, son of Adei— (grammateus)
Issue Antoninus Pius with new civic title
Dating probably c. 141/142-161
Obverse inscription ΕΠΙ ΓΡ ΠΡΩΤΕΟΥ ΑΔΕΙ
Obverse design head of Heracles (bearded), right (?)
Reverse inscription ΑΥΡΗΛΙΕΩΝ ΝΕΑΠ[Ο]ΛΙΤΩΝ
Reverse design cista mystica with half-open lid out of which serpent creeps right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 15 mm
Average weight 2.23 g
Axis 6
Reference Delrieux, Harpasos 47, no. NP/28
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 1941