RPC IV.1, 4609 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 4609 (temporary)
Province Achaea
Region Euboea
City Chalcis
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Marcus Aurelius (Augustus)
Issue Marcus and Verus, co-emperors
Dating 161–169
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤωΝΙΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Ἀντωνῖνος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
Obverse design laureate head of Marcus Aurelius, right
Reverse inscription ΧΑΛΚΙΔΕωΝ
Edition Χαλκιδέων
Translation of the Chalcidians
Reverse design head of Hera wearing crown of pearls(?), right, and necklace
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 18 mm
Average weight 5.46 g
Axis 2, 6, 7, 8
Reference Picard 100 'Semis', BMC 110
Specimens 5 (3 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L BMC 110 = Picard 100, Semis 1.2
2 2     B: 18312158, 1900 Imhoof-Blumer
3 3     NY: 1944.100.20443
5 5     Naville Numismatics 16, 12 July 2015, lot 263 (ex Lanz 111, BCD coll., 2002, lot 294) = Picard 100 Semis 1.3
6 6     CNG EA 408, 25 Oct. 2017, lot 315