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 ΟΥΗΡΟϹ ΑΥ ΑΝΤ[Ω?]ΝΕΙΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Οὐῆρος Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Ἀντωνεῖνος
Translation Emperor Verus Emperor Antoninus
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
Edition Συρίων Καβί(ρων)
Translation of the Kabeiroi of the Syrans
Reverse design two male(?) heads, facing each other; between, palm-tree
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 7.35 g
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