RPC IV.3, 4980 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #10

 

Coin type
Volume IV.3
Number 4980 (temporary)
Province Cilicia
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Pedias
City Irenopolis
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Marcus Aurelius (Augustus)
Person (rev.) Faustina II (Augusta)
Issue Marcus Aurelius, before
Dating 176
Obverse inscription ΑΥ Κ(?) Μ ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ
Obverse design laureate head of Marcus Aurelius, right
Reverse inscription ΦΑΥϹΤΕΙΝΑ ϹΕΒ ΙΡΗΝΟΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ ΘΙΡ
Reverse design draped bust of Faustina II, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Axis 6, 7
Reference Karbach, Eirenopolis 48–50, BMC 6
Specimens 14 (7 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Mu: 1 Karbach, Eirenopolis 48.1, pl. 111
2 2     P: 640 SNG 2260 = Wa 4328
3 3     H.-W. Müller [Solingen] 50 (1985), 194
4 4     L: 1912-1-1-14
5 5     L: 1979-1-1-2594 vA 5586
6 6     Lindgren I, A1518B
7 7     L: BMC 6, pl. XIV.13, reverse, obverse legend worn
8 8     Bern: Righetti 1575
9 9     Levante 1609
10 10     ✸ B: I-B Karbach, Eirenopolis 49, pl. 111 (rev.)
11 11     P: 641 SNG 2261 = Karbach, Eirenopolis 50.1, pl. 111 (rev.)
12 12     A.E. Cahn 71 (14/10/1931), 900, pl. 31, reverse legend mostly obscure
13 13     Ziegler, Sammlungen, 1333, pl. 67, private coll., Southern Germany
14 14     Bern: Righetti 1574