RPC IV.1, 4653 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 4653 (temporary)
Province Achaea
Region Corinthia
City Corinth
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Marcus Aurelius (Augustus)
Obverse inscription M AVR ANTONINVS AVG
Edition M(arcus) Aur(elius) Antoninus Aug(ustus)
Translation Marcus Aurelius Augustus
Obverse design laureate head of Marcus Aurelius with traces of drapery, right
Reverse inscription C L I COR
Edition c(olonia) L(aus) Iul(ia) Cor(inthiensium)
Translation the colony Laus Iulia of the Corinthians
Reverse design nude Mercury/Hermes seated on rock, left, wearing petasus, extending right hand over ram, holding caduceus and chlamys
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Average weight 12.56 g
Axis 3, 9
Reference BCD Corinth 694, BMC 608
Specimens 4 (3 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: BMC 608, pl. XX.6 NCP, p. 23, no. 26, pl. F.CX (rev.)
2 2     P: 886
3 3     V: GR 13682
4 4     BCD Corinth 694