RPC IV.1, 6852 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 6852 (temporary)
Province Cyrenaica and Crete
Region Cyrenaica
City Cyrenaica
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Marcus Aurelius (Augustus)
Issue Tr. Pot. XXVI
Dating AD 171-172
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-headed bust of Marcus Aurelius wearing cuirass, right
Reverse inscription ΔΗΜΑΡΧΙΚ ΕΞΟΥϹ ΚϚ
Edition δημαρχικ(ῆς) ἐξουσ<ίας> κϛʹ
Translation holder of the 26th tribunitian power
Reverse design head of Zeus Ammon, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 30 mm
Average weight 18.78 g
Axis 11, 12
Reference S 345 ('Caesarea'), BMC 189 ('Caesarea'), Asolati 189B
Specimens 6 (5 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: BMC 189 ('Caesarea'), in L under 'Caesarea'
2 2     P: 462A, under 'Caesarea', both sides tooled, obverse legend 'ΑVΤΟΚ ΚΑΙС ...', on reverse, Zeus Ammon with additional tooled 'kalathos'
3 3     ✸ P: 465, under 'Caesarea'
4 4     V: GR 21634, under 'Caesarea', both sides with signs of tooling
5 5     B: alter Bestand, under 'Caesarea', on reverse, date obscure, thus attribution to this type only tentative
6 6     Roma Numismatics EA 76, 5 Nov. 2020, lot 658