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coin
Object Type
coin
Museum number
BNK,G.880
Description
Copper alloy coin.
(whole)
Head of Antoninus Pius, laureate, right.
(obverse)
Athena-Tyche standing left within distyle temple with pediment, sacrificing with right hand over horned altar and holding spear in left hand; above altar, star.
(reverse)
State
Associated with:
Roman Empire
Ancient Greece and Rome: Roman Empire
Authority
Ruler:
Antoninus Pius
Cultures/periods
Roman Provincial
Production date
138-161
Production place
Minted in:
Bostra
Materials
copper alloy
Dimensions
Die-axis:
6 o'clock
Diameter:
24.50 millimetres
Weight:
10.39 grammes
$Inscriptions
Bibliographic references
BMC Greek (Arabia) / Catalogue of the Greek coins of Arabia, Mesopotamia and Persia (Nabataea, Arabia Provincia, S Arabia, Mesopotamia, Babylonia, Assyria, Persia, Alexandrine Empire of the East, Persis, Elymais, Characene)
(5, p.17)
RPC4 / Roman Provincial Coinage IV
(6695/3)
Spijkerman 1978 / The coins of the Decapolis and Provincia Arabia
(8, p.70)
(type)
Kindler 1983 / The Coinage of Bostra
(4, p.106)
(type)
Location
Not on display
Subjects
emperor/empress
classical deity
allegory/personification
Associated names
Named in inscription & portrayed:
Antoninus Pius
Named in inscription & portrayed:
Tyche/Fortuna
Acquisition name
Donated by:
Bank of England
Acquisition date
1877
Acquisition notes
The Bank of England loaned their Collection to the British Museum in 1865 wishing to make it accessible to the general public. This remained as a separate Collection until 1877 when the Bank Directors decided it would be more useful to the museum and the public if incorporated into the national collection. The Bank of England collection was therefore presented to the British Museum in 1877, any duplicates being sold to create a coins and medals purchase fund.
Department
Money and Medals
Registration number
BNK,G.880
C&M catalogue number
GC28 (BMC Greek (Arabia))
(17)
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