RPC IV.3, 6877 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume IV.3
Number 6877 (temporary)
Province Syria
Region Phoenicia
City Ptolemais
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Marcus Aurelius (Augustus)
Obverse inscription IMP CAES M AVR ANT AVG
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Marcus Aurelius wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right
Reverse inscription COL PTOL
Reverse design draped bust of male figure (fire-god?) with long hair with three distinct curls and long beard with four plaites, right; to right, torch
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Axis 6, 12
Reference Kadman IV, 111 and Kadman IV, p. 189, no. 49
Specimens 5 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Sha'ar Ha'amakim Museum
2 2     ✸ B: 12622
3 3     Private coll. N. Shahaf, Haifa
4 4     Private coll. N. Shahaf, Haifa
5 5     Mabbott 2702 = Kadman IV, 111, pl. VII