RPC IV.1, 3898 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 3898 (temporary)
Province Thrace
Region Thrace
City Augusta Traiana
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Marcus Aurelius (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥ ΚΑΙ Μ ΑΥΡ(Η) ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ
Obverse design bare head of Marcus Aurelius, right
Reverse inscription ΑΥΓΟΥϹΤΗϹ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΗϹ
Reverse design river-god (bearded) reclining, left, (holding branch), resting on water-urn
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 18 mm
Axis 12
Reference Schönert-Geiss, MATT 25 and 29
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ C: Leake 8785, Suppl., p. 150.5 Schönert-Geiss, MATT 25, pl. 2 (V7), pl. 3 (R23), cast at the Griechisches Münzwerk, Berlin, on rev., river-god without branch
2 2     Sofia: 5921 Schönert-Geiss, MATT 29, pl. 2 (V9), pl. 3 (R26), on rev., river-god with branch