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 Marcus Antoninus Augustus 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 Consul III 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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# Specimen 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'