RPC IV.3, 5794 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.3
Number 5794 (temporary)
Province Cilicia
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Trachea
City Cestrus
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Marcus Aurelius (Augustus)
Issue Marcus and Verus, co-emperors
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤοΚΡΑ ΚΑΙ ΜΑΡ ΑΥ[Ρ?] ΑΝ (Αs with curved crossbar)
Edition Αὐτοκρά(τωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Μᾶρ(κος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Ἀν(τωνῖνος)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Marcus Aurelius wearing cuirass and paludamentum, left
Reverse inscription ΚΕϹΤΡΗΝωΝ
Edition Κεστρηνῶν
Translation of the Cestrians
Reverse design eagle standing on bucranium facing, head, left, spreading wings, holding wreath in beak
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 7.98 g
Axis 1
Reference Levante, Kestros 19–22
Specimens 5 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1971-6-9-1, from Anemurium excavations
2 2     Levante 471
3 3     ✸ Private coll. Krengel, Berlin
4 4     Aufhäuser 5 (05/10/1988), 322, pl. 10
5 5     Fritz Rudolf Künker list 107 (April 1994), 73, under ‘Perperene’ = Fritz Rudolf Künker 29 (10/03/1995), 2234, under 'Perperene'