RPC IV.1, 3914 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #15

 

Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 3914 (temporary)
Province Thrace
Region Thrace
City Hadrianopolis
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Marcus Aurelius (Caesar)
Obverse inscription ΟΥΗΡΟϹ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ
Edition Οὐῆρος Καῖσαρ
Translation Verus Caesar
Obverse design bare-headed bust of Marcus Aurelius (lightly bearded - short beard) wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right
Reverse inscription ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟΠΟΛΕΙΤ
Edition Ἁδριανοπολειτ(ῶν)
Translation of the Hadrianopolitans
Reverse design nude Apollo advancing, right, (drawing arrow from quiver at shoulder,) holding strung bow
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 18 mm
Average weight 3.46 g
Axis 6, 7, 8, 12
Reference Jurukova 53–7, BMC 4, Varbanov II, 3180$
Specimens 16 (4 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: BMC 4
2 2     C: SNG 1714 Leake 3957, European Greece, p. 160.10, in Leake obverse as 'Verus' and reverse as 'Artemis' = Jurukova 54, pl. 6 reverse only
3 3     P: 601 (483), cast at the Griechisches Münzwerk, Berlin
4 4     B: 1904/65 Jurukova 53, pl. 6
5 5     Sofia: 3901 Jurukova 55, pl. 6
6 6     Sofia: 2800 Jurukova 56, pl. 6 reverse only
7 7     Sofia: 9057 Jurukova 57, pl. 6
8 8     Kazanlak, Archaeological Museum
9 9     Bucharest, Archaeological Institute 1261/3638
10 10     Plovdiv, National Museum
11 11     Lischine 401
12 12     Private coll. Kaskovo
13 13     Münzen & Medaillen Deutschland 36 (30/05/2012), 552
14 14     Lanz 102 (28/05/2001), 622
15 15     ✸ G. Beyer coll. (ex Naumann 122, 6 Nov. 2022, lot 448)
16 16     J. G. Kiss coll.