RPC IV.3, 6856 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #4

 

Coin type
Volume IV.3
Number 6856 (temporary)
Province Arabia
Region Arabia
City Bostra
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Marcus Aurelius (Augustus)
Obverse inscription M ANTONINVS AVGVSTVS
Edition M(arcus) Antoninus Augustus
Translation Marcus Aurelius Augustus
Obverse design laureate head of Marcus Aurelius, right
Reverse inscription COS III
Edition Co(n)s(ul) III
Translation Consul for the third time
Reverse design laureate head of Jupiter/Zeus Ammon, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 19 mm
Average weight 5.39 g
Axis 6, 7
Reference S 348 ('Caesarea'), RIC III, 1252 ('Caesarea')
External URI(s) http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.3.m_aur.1252
Specimens 4 (3 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     H. Cohen, Description Historique des Monnaies Frappé sous l' Empire Romain, 2nd ed. (Paris, 1883), III, 119
2 2     B: 1910/769, under 'Caesarea'
3 3     V: GR 12375, under 'Caesarea'
4 4     ✸ O: under 'Cyrenaica'