RPC IV.1, 6764 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 6764 (temporary)
Province Macedonia
Region Macedonia
City Thessalonica
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Marcus Aurelius (Caesar)
Issue Antoninus Pius, second edition
Dating c. 144–161
Obverse inscription ΟΥΗΡΟϹ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ
Edition Οὐῆρος Καῖσαρ Οὐῆρος Καῖσαρ
Translation Verus Caesar
Obverse design bare head of Marcus Aurelius (lightly bearded - short beard), right
Reverse inscription ΘΕϹϹΑΛΟΝΙΚΕωΝ
Edition Θεσσαλονικέων Θεσσαλονικέων
Translation of the Thessalonicans
Reverse design in laurel wreath; between, laurel endings, eagle, facing, head right, spreading wing
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 22 mm
Average weight 6.26 g
Axis 6, 12
Reference Touratsoglou, Marcus Aurelius (Caesar) 13–15
Specimens 8 (1 in the core collections)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     Gotha
2 2     P: 1363
3 3     St Petersburg: 3024
4 4     CGT coll. ex CNG 409, 8 Mov. 2017, lot 402
5 5     CGT coll.
6 6     ✸ CNG 423, 27 June 2018, lot 295
7 7     Roma Numismatics E-Sale 107, 16 March 2023, lot 825
8 8     CGT coll.