RPC IV.3, 6408 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.3
Number 6408 (temporary)
Province Syria Palaestina
Region Judaea
City Aelia Capitolina
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Person (rev.) Marcus Aurelius (Caesar)
Obverse inscription IMP ANTONINVS AVG P P P (all As shaped as Λ)
Edition Imperator Antoninus Augustus Pius Pater Patriae Imp(erator) Antoninus Aug(ustus) P(ius) P(ater) P(atriae)
Translation Emperor Antoninus Augustus Pius Father of the Fatherland
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Antoninus Pius wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right
Reverse inscription AVRELIO CAES AVG F C A C (all As shaped as Λ)
Edition Aurelio Caesari Augusti filio Colonia Aelia Capitolina Aurelio Caes(ari) Aug(usti) f(ilio) C(olonia) A(elia) C(apitolina)
Translation to Aurelius Caesar, son of Augustus, colony Aelia Capitolina
Reverse design bare-headed bust of Marcus Aurelius (short beard) wearing paludamentum, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 22 mm
Average weight 7.08 g
Axis 6, 7
Reference Meshorer, Aelia Capitolina 38, BMC 34–5
Specimens 3 (2 in the core collections)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     Private coll., USA = Meshorer, Aelia Capitolina 38, pl. 77
2 2     L: BMC 34
3 3     ✸ L: BMC 35, pl. IX.9