RPC IV.3, 6411 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.3
Number 6411 (temporary)
Province Syria Palaestina
Region Judaea
City Aelia Capitolina
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Marcus Aurelius (Augustus)
Obverse inscription IMP CAES(AR) AV ANT (all As shaped as Λ) (?)
Edition Imp(erator) Caesar Au(relius) Ant(oninus)
Translation Emperor Caesar Aurelius Antoninus
Obverse design laureate head of Marcus Aurelius, right
Reverse inscription COL AEL KAP(sic) (facing outward, all As shaped as Λ)
Edition col(onia) Ael(ia) Kap(itolina)
Translation Colony of Aelia Capitolina
Reverse design turreted Concordia/Homonoia standing, left, holding patera(?) and cornucopia
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 19 mm
Average weight 5.49 g
Axis 6
Reference Meshorer, Aelia Capitolina 47 and 47a, BMC 38
Specimens 6 (3 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Private coll., USA = Meshorer, Aelia Capitolina 47, pl. 79
2 2     Private coll., USA = Meshorer, Aelia Capitolina 47a, pl. 79
3 3     L: BMC 38 de Saulcy 91, no. 7, broken, 4.95g
4 4     ✸ B: (Löbb)
5 5     B: 1923/51 (gift of Meyerhof)
6 6     Frank Sternberg 34 (22/10/1998), 295, pl. XVIII