RPC IV.3, 6724 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.3
Number 6724 (temporary)
Province Arabia
Region Arabia
City Bostra
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Marcus Aurelius (Caesar)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΡΗΛΙΟϹ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ ϹΕΒ ΕΥϹΕΒ [ΥΙΟϹ?]
Edition Αὐρήλιος Καῖσαρ Σεβασ(τοῦ) Εὐσε(βοῦς) υἰὸς
Translation Aurelius Caesar, son of Augustus Pius
Obverse design bare-headed bust of Marcus Aurelius (lightly bearded - short beard) wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right
Reverse inscription ΤΥΧΗ ΝΕΑϹ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΗϹ ΒΟϹΤΡΑϹ
Edition Τύχη Νέας Τραϊανῆς Βόστρας
Translation Fortune of the New Trajanic Bostra
Reverse design turreted and draped bust of Tyche, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 10.28 g
Axis 6, 12
Reference Kindler, Bostra 12a(1), Spijkerman 16–17
Specimens 8 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Private coll. E. Grosswirth, Jerusalem = Kindler, Bostra, 12a, pl. I = Spijkerman 17, pl. 13, with reverse legend variation, ΤΥΧΗ ΝƐ ΤΡΑΙΑΝƐ ΒΟСΤΡΑ
2 2     IMJ: Rosenberger Kindler, Bostra 12d, II, worn
3 3     J-SBF Spijkerman 16, pl. 13, with reverse legend variation: [Ν]ƐΑϹ ΤΡΑ[ ]ΝΑΗϹ ΒΟϹ, Β retrograde
4 4     J-SBF Spijkerman 16
5 5     J-SBF Spijkerman 16
6 6     J-SBF Spijkerman 17b, pl. 13, worn
7 7     ✸ NY: 1944.100.69255 SNG 1188
8 8     M&M GmbH 18, 5 Oct. 2005, lot 1743