RPC IV.3, 5794 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #3

 

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)
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Marcus Aurelius wearing cuirass and paludamentum, left
Reverse inscription ΚΕϹΤΡΗΝωΝ
Reverse design eagle standing on bucranium facing, head, left, spreading wings, holding wreath in beak
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 24 mm
Axis 1
Reference Levante, Kestros 19–22
Specimens 5 (1 in the core collections)

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'