RPC IV.2, 4708 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 4708 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of the 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 ΒΗΡΟϹ ΑΥ ΑΝΤ[Ω?]ΝΕΙΝΟϹ
Obverse design bare-headed busts of Lucius Verus (on left) and Marcus Aurelius (on right, with long beard), facing each other, both wearing paludamentum
Reverse inscription ϹΥΡΙωИ ΚΑΒΙ
Edition Συρίων Καβίρων Συρίων Καβί(ρων)
Translation of the Kabeiroi of the Syrans
Reverse design two heads representing the Kabeiroi (or two members of the imperial family as the Kabeiroi), facing each other; between, palm-tree
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 7.84 g
Axis 6
Reference Le Quéré 383, no. 91, BMC 25
Specimens 7 (5 in the core collections)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: BMC 25 Le Quéré 383, no. 91, pl. IX
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
7 7     A: BE 913 Demetrios Artemis collection 372, no. 158