RPC IV.1, 5234 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 5234 (temporary)
Province Achaea
Region Peloponnesus
City Patras
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Marcus Aurelius (Augustus)
Dating c. 166–180
Obverse inscription M AVR ANTONINVS AVG
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Marcus Aurelius wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right
Reverse inscription COL A A PATR
Reverse design turreted Cybele seated, left, holding patera and long sceptre; (between two seated lions)
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 24 mm
Axis 1, 3, 9
Specimens 3 (3 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1921-11-20-10 Weber 3965, reverse as 'Zeus and eagle', reverse with two seated lions
2 2     V: GR 13864, reverse with two seated lions
3 3     P: 1274, broken, 9.74g, reverse worn and without lions, reverse figure perhaps Zeus