RPC IV.3, 6295 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #4

 

Coin type
Volume IV.3
Number 6295 (temporary)
Province Arabia
Region Syria
City Philadelphia
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Marcus Aurelius (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙϹ Μ ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤωΝΙΝοϹ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖσ(αρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Ἀντωνῖνος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
Obverse design bare head of Marcus Aurelius with traces of drapery, right
Reverse inscription ΦΙΛ Κο ϹΥΡ ΗΡΑΚΛΕΙοΝ ΑΡΜΑ
Edition Φιλ(αδελφέων) Κο(ίλης) Συρ(ίας) Ἡράκλειον ἄρμα
Translation of the Philadelphians, of Coele-Syria, the Heraclean chariot
Reverse design sacred wagon of Heracles with domed roof on four pillars drawn by four horses, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 32 mm
Average weight 27.00 g
Axis 5, 6
Reference Spijkerman 22, BMC 11, BMC (Syria) 1
Specimens 4 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     Private coll. M. Beydoun = Spijkerman '21', pl. 55, slightly misreadling obverse legend and thus attributing it to the wrong type
2 2     L: BMC 11, pl. VI.8 (rev.) = BMC (Syria) 1, pl. XXXVIII.9 (rev.) de Saulcy 390, no. 1, authenticity doubtful: cast?, electrotye C Leake 2833, Addenda Asiatic Greece, p. 151.5
3 3     J-SBF Spijkerman 22, pl. 55
4 4     ✸ V: GR 21986