RPC IV.3, 6497 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.3
Number 6497 (temporary)
Province Mesopotamia
Region Mesopotamia
City Carrhae
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Marcus Aurelius (Augustus)
Issue Marcus and Verus, co-emperors
Dating after 164
Obverse inscription [ΑΥ]Τ ΚΑΙ Μ ΑΥΡΗΛΙΟϹ ΑΝΤΩΝ[ΙΝΟϹ ϹΕ?] (Αs shaped as Λs)
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρήλιος Ἀντωνῖνος Σε(βαστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus
Obverse design laureate head of Marcus Aurelius, right
Reverse inscription ΥΠΕΡ ΝΙΚΗϹ ΡΩΜΑΙΩΝ (Α shaped as Λ)
Edition ὑπὲρ νίκης Ῥωμαίων
Translation for the victory of the Romans
Reverse design female figure standing, left, holding long sceptre and cornucopia
Metal silver
Average diameter 18 mm
Average weight 3.10 g
Axis 12
Reference BMC 4
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: BMC 4, pl. XIX.8 Walker 3393: AR: 74.25