RPC IV, 4940


Image of specimen #3

Coin type
URI	https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/4940 json ttl rdf xml
Volume	IV.1
Number	4940 (temporary)
Province	Bithynia-Pontus
Region	Paphlagonia
City	Sinope
Reign	Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.)	Marcus Aurelius (Augustus)
Issue	Marcus and Verus, co-emperors
Dating	c. 161–162
Obverse inscription	IMP AVREL ANTONINO AVG (Vs shaped as U)
Obverse design	laureate-headed bust of Marcus Aurelius wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right
Reverse inscription	C I F SINOPE ANN CCVII (V shaped as U)
Reverse design	draped bust of Sarapis wearing kalathos, right
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average diameter	29 mm
Axis	7, 8
Reference	Rec 115 corr.
Specimens	4 (2 in the core collections)

Number	Number	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	More
1	1	B: Rauch	K. Regling, NZ 41 (1909), p. 15	29	13.39	8	Show
2	2		ex Grand Duc coll. = Rec 115, pl. suppl. P.7	29			Show
3	3 ✸	V: GR 34272		28	14.20	7	Show
4	4		MMAG 41 (18/06/1970), 346, pl. 18 = Frank Sternberg 21 (14/11/1988), 436	28	15.11		Show