RPC IV.3, 6208 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume IV.3
Number 6208 (temporary)
Province Cilicia
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Trachea
City Diocaesarea
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Marcus Aurelius (Caesar)
Dating c. 147–161
Obverse inscription ΑΥΡΗΛΙΟϹ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ
Obverse design bare head of Marcus Aurelius (short beard), left
Reverse inscription ΔΙΟΚΑΙϹΑΡΕωΝ ΟΛΒΟϹ
Reverse design nude Zeus advancing, right, attacking nude serpent-legged giant with thunderbolt
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Axis 12
Reference Staffieri, Diocaesarea 9
Specimens 6 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Levante 668 = Staffieri, Diocaesarea 9, pl. I.11
2 2     ✸ B: 1884/234, authenticity doubtful: cast?
3 3     V: GR 19111 ZfN 13, p. 134
4 4     Ziegler, Sammlungen, 380, pl. 18
5 5     G. Hirsch 233 (12/02/2004), 1875, pl. 25, under 'uncertain mint'
6 6     Private coll. Richard Weigel