RPC IV.1, 6846 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 6846 (temporary)
Province Cyrenaica and Crete
Region Cyrenaica
City Cyrenaica
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Marcus Aurelius (Augustus)
Issue Tr. Pot. XXIV
Dating AD 169-170
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤΟΚΡ ΚΑΙϹ Μ ΑΥΡΗΛ ΑΝΤωΝΕ(Ι)ΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ
Obverse design laureate head of Marcus Aurelius (with traces of drapery), right
Reverse inscription ΔΗΜΑΡΧΙΚ ΕΞΟΥϹ ΚΔ
Reverse design head of Zeus Ammon, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 30 mm
Axis 1, 6, 7, 11, 12
Reference S 339 ('Caesarea'), BMC 183 ('Caesarea'), Cop 245 ('Caesarea'), Asolati 183
Specimens 28 (19 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: BMC 183 ('Caesarea')
1 1     L: BMC 184 ('Caesarea'), pl. XI.2 (rev.), in L under 'Caesarea', S 340 ('Caesarea')
2 2     ✸ P: 460, under 'Caesarea'
3 3     P: 461, under 'Caesarea'
3 3     Savoca EA 128 Silver, 20 Mar. 2022, lot 192
4 4     Cop: 245 ('Caesarea'), obverse with traces of drapery
5 5     NY: 1944.100.62460, under 'Caesarea'
6 6     NY: 1974.26.3946, under 'Caesarea', date obscure, but attribution to this type likely
7 7     P: 17522 (ex col. d'Ailly)
8 8     P: Duplicates
9 9     P: no number, under 'Unidentified'
10 10     Madrid
11 11     Madrid
12 12     Madrid
13 13     Madrid
14 14     Mu: 87, under 'Caesarea'
15 15     V: GR 20124, under 'Caesarea', date obscure, attribution to this type only tentative
16 16     V: GR 21631, under 'Caesarea'
17 17     V: GR 21632, under 'Caesarea'
18 18     Peus 366 (25/10/2000), coll. Marcel Burstein, 1051, pl. 57, under 'Caesarea'
19 19     B: 8413JF, under 'Caesarea'
20 20     B: Fox, under 'Caesarea'
21 21     B: I-B, under 'Caesarea'
22 22     O
23 23     G: II, 589, no. 55, under 'Caesarea', obverse with traces of drapery SNG I, no. 313
24 24     Münster: M 1372
25 25     R. Effler coll. (ex N&N London online auction16, 1st May 2023, lot 246)
26 26     Henseler 519