RPC IV.1, 4153 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 4153 (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
Edition Ἰμπ(εράτωρ) Κ(άϊσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρή(λιος) Ἀντω(νῖνος) Αὔγ(ουστος)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Marcus Aurelius wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right
Reverse inscription ΛΑΚΕ[?
Edition Λακε[---]
Translation Lacedaemon[---]
Reverse design Dioscuri galloping, right, each holding spear horizontally
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 11.80 g
Axis 6, 8, 10
Reference Grunauer group XLII.4
Specimens 4 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     A Grunauer group XLII, pl. 26.4
2 2     ✸ P: 1940
3 3     A
4 4     Savoca Numismatik Electronic Silver Auction 33 (12/05/2019), 224