RPC IV.2, 4710 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 4710 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Cyclades
Region Cyclades
City Syros
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Marcus Aurelius (Caesar)
Person (rev.) Marcus Aurelius (Caesar) ; Faustina II (Augusta)
Dating c. 147–161
Obverse inscription ΟΥΗΡΟϹ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ
Obverse design bare head of Marcus Aurelius (short beard), right
Reverse inscription ϹΥΡΙ ΚΑΒΙΡΩΝ
Reverse design heads of Faustina II (on left) and Marcus Aurelius as Caesar (on right, with short beard), facing each other; between, ear of corn; below, bee and star
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 21 mm
Axis 6
Reference BMC 27 corr.
Specimens 9 (7 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: BMC 27, obverse as 'Lucius Verus', in L under 'Lucius Verus'
2 2     P: 432
3 3     P: 433
4 4     P: 434
5 5     P Bab 1926, under 'Tripolis in Phoenicia', obverse as 'Lucius Verus'
6 6     C: Leake 6616, Insular Greece, p. 42.9, obverse as 'Lucius Verus'
7 7     V: GR 14995
8 8     A: Tsibourakis 1896/97 ΙΒ' Ι 594
9 9     H.D. Rauch 73 (17/05/2004), 409, obverse as 'Lucius Verus' = Heidelberger Münzhandlung Herbert Grün 64 (20/11/2014), 1930