RPC IV.3, 6987 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.3
Number 6987 (temporary)
Province Syria
Region Syria
City Hierapolis
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Marcus Aurelius (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥ(Τ) Κ(Α(Ι)) Μ(Α) ΑΥΡΗΛΙ([οc?]) ΑΝΤωΝΙΝοϹ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Ἀντωνῖνος Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Μᾶ(ρκος) Αὐρήλιος Ἀντωνῖνος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
Obverse design laureate head of Marcus Aurelius, right
Reverse inscription ΘΕΑϹ ϹΥΡΙΑϹ ΙΕΡΟΠΟ (and below, numeral letter Θ or Ι)
Edition Θεᾶς Συρίας Ἱεροπολιτῶν Θεᾶς Συρίας Ἱεροπο(λιτῶν)
Translation of the Goddess Syria, of the Hierapolitans
Reverse design in laurel wreath
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 9.19 g
Axis 6, 12
Reference BMC 30
Specimens 7 (5 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: (Fox)
2 2     P: 1692
3 3     B: I-B
4 4     ✸ L: G.5337 BMC 30
5 5     G: III, 137, no. 16 SNG II, no. 2680
6 6     Bern: Righetti 1877
7 7     Private coll. CGT = Lydia Online Auction 8 (12/06/2021), 339