RPC IV.3, 6638 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.3
Number 6638 (temporary)
Province Arabia
Region Syria
City Philadelphia
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Marcus Aurelius (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Μ ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤωΝΙΝοϹ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Ἀντωνῖνος
Translation Emperor Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
Obverse design bare-headed bust of Marcus Aurelius wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right
Reverse inscription ΦΙΛΑΔΕΛΦΕωΝ ΚοΙΛΗϹ ϹΥΡΙΑϹ
Edition Φιλαδελφέων Κοίλης Συρίας
Translation of the Philadelphians of Coele Syria
Reverse design nude Heracles standing, right, resting arm on club, carrying laurel-branch / olive-tree over shoulder(?), holding lion skin
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 12.43 g
Axis 6
Reference Spijkerman 19
Specimens 4 (2 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     IAA
2 2     L: 1925-1-5-139 Spijkerman 19, pl. 55
3 3     ✸ B: 1933/409
4 4     IMJ: Rosenberger