RPC IV.2, 1805 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 1805 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Cyzicus
Region Troas
City Scepsis
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Marcus Aurelius (Augustus)
Issue »Kyzikos«
Dating c. 169(?)–176(?)
Obverse inscription ΑΥ ΚΑΙ Μ ΑΥ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝ
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐ(ρήλιος) Ἀντωνεῖν(ος)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
Obverse design bare-headed bust of Marcus Aurelius (long beard with long curls) wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ϹΚΗΨΙΩΝ ΔΑΡ
Edition Σκηψίων Δαρ(δανίων)
Translation of the Dardanian Scepsians
Reverse design horned and draped extended bust of Dionysus (bearded), right, wearing kalathos and ivy wreath, holding cantharus and flower
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 30 mm
Average weight 13.42 g
Axis 6
Reference GM 629, no. 233
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)
Feedback

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 879 GM 629, no. 233, pl. VIII.8 (rev.) = Lacroix, pl. V.3 (rev.)