RPC IV.1, 6848 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 6848 (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 Μ ΑΥΡΗΛ ΑΝΤωΝΕΙΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ
Edition Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρήλ(ιος) Ἀντωνεῖνος Σεβ(αστός)
Translation Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus
Obverse design laureate head of Marcus Aurelius with traces of drapery, right
Reverse inscription ΔΗΜΑΡΧΙΚ ΕΞΟΥϹ ΚΔ
Edition δημαρχικ(ῆς) ἐξουσ(ίας) κδʹ
Translation holder of the tribunician power for the 24th time
Reverse design head of Zeus Ammon, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 9.84 g
Axis 6, 12
Reference S 341 ('Caesarea'), BMC 185 ('Caesarea'), Asolati 185 var.
Specimens 2 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: BMC 185 ('Caesarea') (in L under 'Caesarea', obverse with traces of drapery)
2 2     B: Rauch?, under 'Caesarea', obverse with traces of drapery, obverse legend mostly obscure