Laodikea ad Mare in Syria, 140-141 AD., Antoninus Pius, Æ25, RPC temporary № 8171.
Laodikea ad Mare in Syria, Antoninus Pius, dated year 188 = 140-141 AD.,
Æ25 (24-25 mm / 9,66 g),
Obv.: [ΑΥΤ]Ο ΚΑΙ ΤΙ ΑΙ Α - ΔΡΙ ΑÎΤω[ÎΕΙÎΟΠ...] , laureate-headed bust of Antoninus Pius wearing cuirass and paludamentum, facing left; countermark on shoulder: turreted bust of Tyche right(?), in oval punch, 4 x 5 mm.
Rev.: [ΙΟΥΛΙЄωΠΤωΠΚΑΙ ] - ΛΑΟ[ΔΙΚΕωÎ] / ΘΕ - ΗΠΡ , turreted and draped bust of Tyche wearing bunch of grapes, facing left, in field r. date ΗΠΡ (= year 188 of the Caesarian Era = 140-141 AD.).
RPC temporary â„– 8171 ( http://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/8171/ ) (8 pieces listed) ; Glasgow, Hunterian Museum III, 206, no. 27 (= SNG II, no. 3200) ; for countermark: Howgego p. 142, no. 203 (4 pieces from Laodikea, 3 of Antoninus Pius).