RPC IV.1, 5565 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 5565 (temporary)
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Tium
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Marcus Aurelius (Caesar)
Dating c. 139–147
Obverse inscription ΑΥΡΗΛΙοϹ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ
Edition Αὐρήλιος Καῖσαρ
Translation Aurelius Caesar
Obverse design bare-headed bust of Marcus Aurelius (youthful - lightly bearded) wearing paludamentum, right
Reverse inscription ΤΙΑΝΩΝ
Edition Τιανῶν
Translation of the Tians
Reverse design Demeter standing, left, holding two ears of corn and long sceptre
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 20 mm
Average weight 4.30 g
Axis 6, 12
Reference Rec 65, BMC 8
Specimens 8 (6 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: BMC 8, pl. XXXVI.7
2 2     P: 1642 Rec 65, pl. CVIII.9 (rev.)
3 3     G: II, 258, no. 4 SNG I, no. 1134
4 4     V: GR 15912
5 5     B: (Löbb)
6 6     Turin
7 7     NY: 1947.97.355
8 8     Verona cast at the Griechisches Münzwerk, Berlin