RPC IV.3, 6790 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #4

 

Coin type
Volume IV.3
Number 6790 (temporary)
Province Syria
Region Phoenicia
City Caesarea ad Libanum
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Marcus Aurelius (Caesar)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΡΗΛΙοϹ ΚΑΙ ϹΕΒ ΕΥϹ ΥΙΟϹ
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Marcus Aurelius (short beard) wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right
Reverse inscription ΖΞΥ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ(Ε)ΙΑϹ ΛΙΒΑΝοΥ
Reverse design turreted and draped bust of Tyche, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 23 mm
Axis 1, 12
Reference Rouvier 731
Specimens 9 (7 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P Bab 1419, obverse legend wrongly as '... ΚΑΙ СƐΒΑСΤΟС', weight wrongly as '7.70g'
2 2     Lischine
3 3     NY: 1944.100.70926 Rouvier 731, pl. B'.13 (rev.), ex private coll. J. Rouvier, Beirut
4 4     ✸ NY: 1961.154.250
5 5     B: 28713
6 6     B: (Löbb)
7 7     B: (Löbb)
8 8     V: GR 22145
9 9     Private coll., USA