RPC IV.2, 1655 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 1655 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Cyzicus
Region Mysia
City Parium
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Marcus Aurelius (Augustus)
Issue Group 2
Dating c. 161–165 or later
Obverse inscription IM C[E?] M AV AN[Tο?]
Edition Imperator Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Im(perator) C<a>e(sar) M(arcus) Au(relius) Anto(ninus)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
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 C G I H P
Edition colonia Gemella Iulia Hadriana Pariana c(olonia) G(emella) I(ulia) H(adriana) P(ariana)
Translation the Julian twin colony of Hadrianic Parium
Reverse design founder as priest ploughing with two oxen, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 15 mm
Average weight 2.29 g
Axis 1, 12
Specimens 4 (2 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1940-10-1-120
2 2     NY: 1944.100.43131, under 'Lucius Verus'
3 3     Private coll. CGT
4 4     Plankenhorn 59