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 ϹΕΒ ΕΥϹΕΒ ΥΙΟϹ
Obverse design laureate head of Marcus Aurelius (short beard), right
Reverse inscription ΘΝΥ ΤΡΙΠΟΛΕΙΤωΝ
Reverse design draped busts of the Dioscuri jugate, right; each wearing laureate pileus surmounted by star
Metal copper-based alloy
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.