RPC IV.1, 4236 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 4236 (temporary)
Province Macedonia
Region Macedonia
City Amphipolis
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Marcus Aurelius (Caesar)
Dating c. 147–161
Obverse inscription ΟΥΗΡΟϹ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ (Αs with curved crossbar)
Edition Οὐῆρος Καῖσαρ
Translation Verus Caesar
Obverse design bare head of Marcus Aurelius (short beard), right
Reverse inscription ΑΜΦΙΠΟΛ(Ε)ΙΤωΝ
Edition Ἀμφιπολειτῶν
Translation of the Amphipolitans
Reverse design turreted Artemis Tauropolos standing, left, holding long torch and branch
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 19 mm
Average weight 4.52 g
Axis 5, 6, 7
Reference BMC 106
Specimens 18 (13 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: BMC 106
2 2     P: 514, under 'Lucius Verus'
3 3     Mu: 118a (acc. 37189), under 'Lucius Verus'
4 4     Mu: 118, under 'Lucius Verus'
5 5     Paul-Francis Jacquier 24 (Spring 2000), 298
6 6     P: 515, under 'Lucius Verus'
7 7     NY: 1944.100.10338 SNG 193, obverse as 'Lucius Verus'
9 9     O
10 10     B: I-B
11 11     B: (Löbb)
12 12     C: Leake 8315, Suppl., p. 113.7 under 'Lucius Verus'
13 13     C McClean II, 3244, pl. 118.12
14 14     G: I, 280, no. 39 SNG I, no. 774
15 15     P: 599 (481), under 'Hadrianopolis in Thrace'
16 16     SNG Evelpidis 1182
17 17     SNG Evelpidis 1183
18 18     Freiburg: 11328
19 19     Private coll. R. Aquistapace