RPC IV.2, 10873 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 10873 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Cyzicus
Region Mysia
City Parium
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Marcus Aurelius (Augustus)
Person (rev.) Marcus Aurelius (Augustus) ; Faustina II (Augusta)
Issue Group 2: Marcus and Faustina II without ethnic
Dating c. 161–165 or later
Obverse inscription IMP CAI(sic) MA AV ANTo
Obverse design bare-headed bust of Marcus Aurelius (medium length beard - long beard with short curls?) wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ANTON FAVST
Reverse design to left, bare-headed bust of Marcus Aurelius (medium length beard - long beard with short curls?) wearing cuirass and paludamentum right; to right, draped bust of Faustina II, left
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 19 mm
Axis 6
Specimens 3 (0 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Bern: 89.8 Kapossy, no. 11, obverse as 'Verus
2 2     ✸ Gorny & Mosch 186 (08/03/2010), 1512, reverse as 'Lucius Verus and Lucilla'
3 3     Numismatik Naumann 49 (08/01/2017), 419