RPC IV.3, 6858 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.3
Number 6858 (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-headed bust of Marcus Aurelius wearing cuirass and paludamentum, 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 18 mm
Average weight 2.77 g
Axis 6, 7, 12
Reference S 350 ('Caesarea'), RIC III, 1254 ('Caesarea')
External URI(s) http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.3.m_aur.1254
Specimens 5 (4 in the core collections)
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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, 121
2 2     ✸ L: G 0903, under 'Caesarea'
3 3     NY: 1944.100.62464, under 'Caesarea'
4 4     V: GR 12376, under 'Caesarea'
5 5     O: under 'Cyrenaica'