RPC IV.1, 4853 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 4853 (temporary)
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Prusias ad Hypium
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Marcus Aurelius (Augustus)
Issue Marcus and Verus, co-emperors
Dating after 164
Obverse inscription ΑΥ[Τ] ΚΑΙ ΑΡΜ Μ ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Ἀρμ(ενιακὸς) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Ἀντωνῖνος
Translation Emperor Caesar Armeniacus Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
Obverse design bare-headed bust of Marcus Aurelius wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right
Reverse inscription ΠΡΟΥϹΙΕΩΝ ΥΠΙΟϹ
Edition Προυσιέων Ὑπίου
Translation of the Prusians of Hypium
Reverse design bearded river-god Hypios reclining, left, holding branch and cornucopia, resting on water-urn
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Average weight 13.23 g
Axis 6
Reference Rec 30, BMC 2
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: BMC 2, pl. XXXVI.2 (rev.) Rec 30, pl. CIV.15