RPC IV.1, 3898 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #5

 

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
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Ἀντωνεῖνος Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρή(λιος) Ἀντωνεῖνος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
Obverse design bare head of Marcus Aurelius, right
Reverse inscription ΑΥΓΟΥϹΤΗϹ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΗϹ
Edition Αὐγούστης Τραιανῆς Αὐγούστης Τραιανῆς
Translation of Augusta Traiana
Reverse design river-god (bearded) reclining, left, (holding branch), resting on water-urn
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 19 mm
Average weight 3.53 g
Axis 6, 7, 12
Reference Schönert-Geiss, MATT 25 and 29
Specimens 5 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen 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
3 3     CGT coll.
4 4     CGT coll.
5 5     ✸ Roma Numismatics E-Sale 57, 30 May 2019, lot 670