RPC IV.1, 6959 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 6959 (temporary)
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Apamea
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Marcus Aurelius (Caesar)
Obverse inscription M AVR[E]LIVS CAES AVG P F
Edition M(arcus) Aurelius Caes(ar) Aug(usti) P(ii) f(ilius)
Translation Marcus Aurelius, Caesar, son of Augustus Pius
Obverse design bare-headed bust of Marcus Aurelius (youthful - lightly bearded) wearing paludamentum, right
Reverse inscription APOLLINI CLAR C I C A D D
Edition Apollini Clar(io) c(olonia) I(ulia) C(oncordia) A(pamea) d(ecurionum) d(ecreto)
Translation to Apollo Clarius, the colony Iulia Concordia Apamea, by decree of the decurions
Reverse design nude Apollo Klarios standing, left, resting left hand on hip, holding patera and bow
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Average weight 16.55 g
Axis 6
Reference Rec 52
Specimens 2 (2 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 224 Wa 228 = Rec 52, pl. XXXVIII.20
2 2     C McClean III, 7446, pl. 254.3, obverse as 'Elagabalus'