RPC IV.2, 1636 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #8

 

Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 1636 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Apamea
Region Lydia
City Tripolis
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Marcus Aurelius (Caesar)
Issue Marcus Aurelius as Caesar
Dating c. 139–146
Obverse inscription Μ ΑΥΡΗΛΙΟϹ ΟΥΗΡΟϹ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ
Obverse design bare head of Marcus Aurelius (youthful - lightly bearded), right
Reverse inscription ΜΑΙΑΝΔΡΟϹ ΤΡΙΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ
Reverse design river-god Maiandros reclining, left, holding long reed and cornucopia, resting on water-urn
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Axis 1, 12
Reference LS 40, no. 8
Specimens 9 (4 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: I-B LS 40, no. 8
2 2     Mu SNG 813
3 3     P: 1822 Wa 2685
4 4     V: GR 33986, under 'Caria'
5 5     Private coll. = D. Klose, MDAI(I) 34 (1984), 414, no. 35, pl. 76.35
6 6     Helios Numismatik 3 (29/04/2009), 533
7 7     Münzen & Medaillen Deutschland 15 (21/10/2004), coll. J.-P. Righetti, 910 = CNG Electronic Auction 224 (16/12/2009), 403
8 8     ✸ Pecunem Numismatik Naumann 34 (02/08/2015), 711 = GRPCL Tripolis (formerly Apollonia) 113
9 9     V-ON Leypold I, no. 1339