RPC IV.3, 6165 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.3
Number 6165 (temporary)
Province Cilicia
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Pedias
City Augusta
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Marcus Aurelius (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ [ΚΑΙ?] ΜΑΡ ΑΥΡ[ΗΛ?] ΑΝΤ[ΩΝI?]ΝοΝ
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Marcus Aurelius wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right
Reverse inscription [ΕΤΟΥϹ ΒΜΡ?] ΑΥΓΟΥϹΤΑ
Reverse design draped bust of Dionysus (youthful) wearing ivy wreath, right, carrying thyrsus over shoulder; to left, bunch of grapes; to right, cantharus
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 24 mm
Axis 1, 12
Reference Karbach, Augusta 74
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Private coll. CGT = Ziegler, Sammlungen, 867, pl. 46, ex private coll. Burbach = Karbach, Augusta 74, illustrated
2 2     ✸ O: worn, date uncertain
3 3     Private coll. V. Prokhorov, perhaps with different date, r. side of rev. legend retrograde?