RPC IV.3, 6807 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.3
Number 6807 (temporary)
Province Syria
Region Phoenicia
City Tripolis
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Marcus Aurelius (Caesar)
Issue Year ΘΝΥ = 459
Dating AD 147/8
Obverse inscription ΑΥΡΗΛΙΟϹ ΚΑΙ ϹƐΒ ƐΥϹƐΒ ΥΙΟϹ
Obverse design laureate head of Marcus Aurelius (short beard), r.
Reverse inscription ΘΝΥ ΤΡΙΠΟΛƐΙΤⲰΝ
Reverse design draped busts of the Dioscuri jugate, r.; each wearing laureate pileus surmounted by star
Metal Æ
Average diameter 23 mm
Axis 12
Reference Rouvier 1709, BMC 66–8, Cop 284
Specimens 21 (19 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P Bab 1920, obverse as 'Antoninus Pius' and obverse legend 'ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ Τ ΑΙΛ ΑΔΡΙ ΑΝΤωΝƐΙΝΟС'
2 2     P Bab 1922
3 3     P Bab 1923
4 4     P: coll. Chandon de Briailles 903
5 5     L: BMC 66
6 6     L: BMC 67
7 7     ✸ L: BMC 68
8 8     Mu: 43
9 9     Mu: 44
10 10     Mu: 45
11 11     Mu: 49
12 12     Beirut-AUB
13 13     NY: 1944.100.72586 (ex private coll. J. Rouvier, Beirut)
14 14     NY: 1944.100.72587 (ex private coll. P. Schroeder, Beirut)
15 15     NY: 1944.100.72588 (ex private coll. J. Rouvier, Beirut)
16 16     Cop: 284
17 17     V: GR 22262
18 18     V: GR 22263
19 19     B: Cassel 1925, on reverse, date off flan
20 20     O
21 21     A. Kropp coll.