RPC IV.1, 5572 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 5572 (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 Αὐρήλιος Καῖσαρ
Translation Aurelius Caesar
Obverse design bare-headed bust of Marcus Aurelius (youthful - lightly bearded) wearing paludamentum, right
Reverse inscription ΒΙΛΛΑ(Ι)ΟϹ ΤΙΑΝΩΝ
Edition Βιλλαῖος Τιανῶν Βιλλαῖος Τιανῶν
Translation Billaios, of the Tians
Reverse design river-god Billaios reclining, left, holding vine-branch and reed, resting on water-urn
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 20 mm
Average weight 4.70 g
Axis 3, 6
Reference Rec 74–5, BMC 12
Specimens 5 (4 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: BMC 12, pl. XXXVI.9 (rev.) Rec 74, pl. CVIII.16 (rev.)
2 2     Mu: 4
3 3     ✸ L: 1902-6-10-6
4 4     NY: 1971.279.11
5 5     Bern: Righetti 683