RPC IV.3, 4874 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume IV.3
Number 4874 (temporary)
Province Cappadocia
Region Pontus
City Koinon of Pontus
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Marcus Aurelius (Augustus)
Issue Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus
Dating 98 = 161/2
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤΟΚΡΑ ΑΝΤ[Ω]ΝΙΝΟ[
Edition Αὐτοκρά(τωρ) Ἀντωνῖνο[---]
Translation Emperor Antoninus[---]
Obverse design laureate head of Marcus Aurelius with traces of drapery, right
Reverse inscription ΚΟΙΝΟΝ ΠΟΝΤΟΥ ΕΤ ϘΗ
Edition κοινὸν Πόντου ἔτ(ους) ϙηʹ
Translation Koinon of Pontus, of year 98
Reverse design decorated temple with four columns; central doors closed; in outer columnations, two nude male figures (emperors or Dioscuri?) standing on bases, facing each other, each holding patera and spear (or sceptre?)
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 11.16 g
Reference Rec 1a, Çizmeli 496
Specimens 2 (0 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Milan: worn
2 2     ✸ Schulten 21 (20/10/1987), 574, illustrated = Çizmeli 496a, pl. XXXVIII