RPC IV.3, 6859 (temporary)

 

 

Coin type
Volume IV.3
Number 6859 (temporary)
Province Mesopotamia
Region Mesopotamia
City Carrhae
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Marcus Aurelius (Augustus)
Issue Marcus and Verus, co-emperors
Dating after 164
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝ ϹΕΒ (Αs shaped as Λs)
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Ἀντωνῖν(ος) Σεβ(αστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus
Obverse design laureate head of Marcus Aurelius with traces of drapery, right
Reverse inscription ΥΠΕΡ ΝΙΚΗϹ ΡΩΜΕΩΝ(sic)
Edition ὑπὲρ νίκης Ῥωμέων
Translation for the victory of the Romans
Reverse design Roma (or Athena) standing, left, resting arm on shield, holding spear
Metal silver
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)
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Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Ex private coll. E.A. Sydenham = E.A. Sydenham, The Coinage of Caesarea in Cappadocia (London, 1933), Appendix A, p. 133, no. 5