RPC IV.2, 4708 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 4708 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Cyclades
Region Cyclades
City Syros
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Marcus Aurelius (Augustus) ; Lucius Verus (Augustus)
Issue Marcus and Verus, co-emperors
Dating 161–169
Obverse inscription ΑΥ ΟΥΗΡΟϹ ΑΥ ΑΝΤ[Ω?]ΝΕΙΝΟϹ
Obverse design bare-headed busts of Lucius Verus (on left) and Marcus Aurelius (on right), facing each other, both wearing paludamentum
Reverse inscription ϹΥΡΙωИ ΚΑΒΙ
Reverse design two male(?) heads, facing each other; between, palm-tree
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 23 mm
Axis 6
Reference BMC 25
Specimens 6 (5 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: BMC 25
2 2     P: 437
3 3     V: GR 14996, reverse double struck
4 4     Athens, Museum of Cycladic Art = M. Oikonomidou, 'Kykladitika Nomismata', in (ed.) N.C. Stampolides, Phos Kykladikon (Athens, 1999), p. 323, no. 107, pl. 3
5 5     B: (Löbb)
6 6     B: 28686