RPC IV.1, 4657 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 4657 (temporary)
Province Achaea
Region Corinthia
City Corinth
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Marcus Aurelius (Augustus)
Obverse inscription I M AVR ANTONINVS AVG
Edition I(mperator) M(arcus) Aur(elius) Antoninus Aug(ustus)
Translation Emperor Marcus Aurelius Antoninus, Augustus
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Marcus Aurelius wearing cuirass, right
Reverse inscription C I L(sic) COR
Edition c(olonia) I(ulia) L(aus) Cor(inthus)
Translation colony of Julia Laus Corinth
Reverse design to left, decorated altar under pine-tree; on altar, Melikertes-Palaimon lying on dolphin, right; to right, nude Isthmos standing, left, trouching branch of pine-tree, holding rudder
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 12.31 g
Axis 1, 3, 8, 11
Reference BCD Corinth 698, BMC 612
Specimens 5 (3 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: BMC 612, pl. XX.12 (rev. = NCP, p. 11, no. 1, pl. B.IV (rev.))
2 2     P: 958, under 'Commodus', obverse tooled?
3 3     Lyon
4 4     B: 1900/425
5 5     BCD Corinth 698