RPC IV.3, 6409 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.3
Number 6409 (temporary)
Province Syria Palaestina
Region Judaea
City Aelia Capitolina
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Marcus Aurelius (Augustus)
Obverse inscription IMP CAES M AVREL ANTONINVS AVG (all As shaped as Λ)
Edition Imperator Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus Imp(erator) Caes(ar) M(arcus) Aurel(ius) Antoninus Aug(ustus)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus
Obverse design bare head of Marcus Aurelius with traces of drapery, right
Reverse inscription COL AEL CAP (all As shaped as Λ)
Edition colonia Aelia Capitolina col(onia) Ael(ia) Cap(itolina)
Translation colony of Aelia Capitolina
Reverse design Sarapis seated, left, extending arm over Cerberus, holding long sceptre
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Average weight 20.41 g
Axis 11, 12
Reference Meshorer, Aelia Capitolina 45, BMC 36
Specimens 5 (2 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     Private coll., USA = Meshorer, Aelia Capitolina 45, pl. 79
2 2     ✸ L: BMC 36, pl. IX.10 (rev.)
3 3     V: GR 22554, authenticity doubtful: cast
4 4     CNG 49 (17/03/1999), 1126
5 5     CGT coll.