RPC IV.3, 5768 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume IV.3
Number 5768 (temporary)
Province Syria
Region Syria
City Cyrrhus
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Marcus Aurelius (Caesar)
Dating c. 147–161
Obverse inscription ΑΥΡΗΛΙοϹ οΥΗΡοϹ ϹΕΒ ΕΥϹΒ(sic) ΥΙΟϹ
Obverse design laureate head of Marcus Aurelius (short beard), right
Reverse inscription ΔΙοϹ ΚΑΤΑΙΒΑΤοΥ ΚΥΡΡΗϹΤωΝ Β (in r. field)
Reverse design Zeus Kataibates seated on rock, left, holding thunderbolt over eagle and long sceptre
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 23 mm
Axis 1, 6, 12
Reference BMC 14
Specimens 10 (10 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: BMC 14
2 2     L: BMC 11, on reverse, Greek numeral obscure, perhaps different type
3 3     P: 1632
4 4     P: coll. Chandon de Briailles 1365
5 5     NY: 1944.100.65348, on reverse, Greek numeral obscure; attribution to this type uncertain
6 6     V: GR 20968, authenticity doubtful: cast?
7 7     O: worn
8 8     O
9 9     O
10 10     G: III, 134, no. 8 SNG II, no. 2652