RPC IV.1, 6850 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 6850 (temporary)
Province Cyrenaica and Crete
Region Cyrenaica
City Cyrenaica
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Marcus Aurelius (Augustus)
Issue TR P XXV
Dating AD 170-171
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤΟΚΡ ΚΑΙϹ Μ ΑΥΡΗΛ ΑΝΤωΝΕΙΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ
Edition Αὐτοκρ(άτωρ) Καῖσ(αρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρήλ(ιος) Ἀντωνεῖνος Σεβ(αστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus
Obverse design laureate head of Marcus Aurelius, right
Reverse inscription ΔΗΜΑΡΧΙΚ ΕΞΟΥϹ ΚΕ
Edition δημαρχικ(ῆς) ἐξουσ(ίας) κεʹ
Translation holder of the tribunitian power for the 25th time
Reverse design head of Zeus Ammon, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 30 mm
Average weight 20.07 g
Axis 12
Reference S 343 ('Caesarea'), BMC 187 ('Caesarea'), Asolati 186
Specimens 4 (4 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: BMC 187 ('Caesarea'), in L under 'Caesarea'
2 2     ✸ B: Löbb, under 'Caesarea'
3 3     C: SNG 5456, under 'Caesarea in Cappadocia' = Leake 9088, Suppl., p. 175.9, under Cyrene, coin now under 'Caesarea' and Asiatic Greece
4 4     V: GR 21633, under 'Caesarea'