RPC IV.3, 5042 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.3
Number 5042 (temporary)
Province Cyprus
Region Cyprus
City Koinon of Cyprus
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Person (rev.) Marcus Aurelius (Caesar)
Dating c. 147–161
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Τ ΑΙΛ ΑΔΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ Ε(Υ)
Obverse design laureate head of Antoninus Pius, right
Reverse inscription Μ ΑΥΡΗΛΙΟϹ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ ΥΙΟϹ ϹΕΒΑϹ
Reverse design bare-headed bust of Marcus Aurelius (short beard) wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Axis 5, 6, 12
Reference BMC 44–50, Cop 87–8
Specimens 48 (45 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: BMC 44
2 2     L: BMC 45
3 3     L: BMC 46
4 4     L: BMC 47
5 5     ✸ L: BMC 48, pl. XVII.1
6 6     L: BMC 49
7 7     L: BMC 50
8 8     L: G 0891
9 9     P: 821
10 10     P: no number, Baldwin 1925
11 11     P: 2428, both sides with signs of tooling
12 12     P: 2429
13 13     P: 2431, authenticity doubtful, reverse legend tooled, '... VΙΟС СƐΒ'
14 14     P: no number, under 'Unidentified'
15 15     P: coll. Chandon de Briailles 1538
16 16     NY: 0000.999.25743
17 17     NY: 1938.127.172
18 18     NY: 1944.100.62189
19 19     NY: 1944.100.62192
20 20     NY: 1944.100.62193, perhaps with additional obverse legend variation
21 21     NY: 1952.142.350
22 22     NY: 1952.142.351
23 23     NY: 1952.142.353
24 24     Peus 366 (25/10/2000), coll. Marcel Burstein, 1031, pl. 56
25 25     Mu: 9c
26 26     Mu: 9d
27 27     Cop: 87, beginning of reverse legend might be tooled
28 28     Cop: 88
29 29     O
30 30     O
31 31     C McClean III, 9190, pl. 332.6
32 32     C: SNG 5372, authenticity doubtful: cast?
33 33     C: no number, reverse double struck
34 34     C: no number
35 35     P: coll. Chandon de Briailles 1539
36 36     B: (Fox)
37 37     B: 1845/5194 JF
38 38     B: (Löbb)
39 39     B: (Löbb)
40 40     B: no number
41 41     G: III, 745, no. 4a SNG II, no. 2437
42 42     Weber 7755, same dies as Cop 87
43 43     P: 2432, broken, 24.51g, on obverse and reverse B looks like R
44 44     V: GR 21609, under 'Antioch in Syria', on obverse and reverse B looks like R, authenticity doubtful: cast?
45 45     V: GR 21610, under 'Antioch in Syria', authenticity doubtful: cast?
46 46     V: GR 21614, under 'Antioch in Syria'
47 47     V: GR 21615, under 'Antioch in Syria'
48 48     Boston: 67.902