RPC IV.3, 5033 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.3
Number 5033 (temporary)
Province Cilicia
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Pedias
City Tarsus
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Marcus Aurelius (Augustus)
Issue Marcus and Verus, co-emperors
Dating c. 161–162
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ Μ ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ ϹΕ
Obverse design bare-headed bust of Marcus Aurelius wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right
Reverse inscription ΑΔΡΙΑΝΗϹ ΤΑΡϹΟΥ ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕΩϹ
Reverse design monument of Sandas on base, surmounted by eagle; between two male figures standing, facing monument, each holding palm-branch(?); monument covered by semicircular canopy which rests on male figures' heads
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Axis 2, 12
Reference BMC 163
Specimens 4 (2 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: BMC 163, pl. XXXIV.10 (rev.)
2 2     ✸ P: 1234 SNG 1451 = Wa 4634
3 3     Levante 1015 = Lanz 30, 593
4 4     E.J. Waddell 1 (09/12/1982), 522