RPC IV.1, 4152 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 4152 (temporary)
Province Achaea
Region Peloponnesus
Subregion Laconia
City Sparta
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Marcus Aurelius (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΙΜΠ Κ Μ ΑΥΡΗ ΑΝΤΩ ΑΥΓ
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Marcus Aurelius wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right
Reverse inscription ΛΑΚΕΔΑΙΜΟΝΙωΝ
Reverse design nude Dioscuri standing, facing, heads turned towards each other, each holding spear
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Axis 1, 2, 3, 5, 10
Reference Grunauer group XLII.2–3
Specimens 6 (4 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 1941 Grunauer group XLII, pl. 26.2
2 2     B: 1924/110
3 3     Olympia Museum = Grunauer group XLII, pl. 26.3
4 4     Mu: 16b
5 5     Amsterdam: 4656
6 6     O