RPC IV.1, 5572 (temporary)

 

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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
Obverse design bare-headed bust of Marcus Aurelius (youthful - lightly bearded) wearing paludamentum, right
Reverse inscription ΒΙΛΛΑ(Ι)ΟϹ ΤΙΑΝΩΝ
Reverse design river-god Billaios reclining, left, holding vine-branch and reed, resting on water-urn
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 20 mm
Axis 3, 6
Reference Rec 74–5, BMC 12
Specimens 5 (4 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number 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