RPC IV.3, 7040 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.3
Number 7040 (temporary)
Province Syria
Region Syria
City Antioch
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Marcus Aurelius (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖσαρ Ἀντωνεῖνος Σεβ(αστὸς)
Translation Emperor Caesar Antoninus Augustus
Obverse design laureate head of Marcus Aurelius, right
Reverse inscription ΓΕΡ ϹΑΡ ΔΗΜ ΕΞ ΛΓ ΥΠΑΤ Γ (Ξ shaped as Ζ)
Edition Γερ(μανικὸς) Σαρ(ματικὸς) δημ(αρκικῆ) ἐξ(ουσία) λγ ὕπατ(ος) γʹ
Translation Germanicus Sarmaticus, tribunician power 33, consul for the third time
Reverse design eagle standing on leg and thigh of animal, facing, head, left, spreading wings, holding wreath in beak; to right, palm-branch and ram's head, right; in exergue, star
Metal silver
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 13.45 g
Axis 6
Specimens 4 (3 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: BMC 343, pl. XXIII.5 (misreading ΛΓ of reverse legend as 'AI') Walker 3346: AR: 88
2 2     ✸ P: 537
3 3     P: 1973.1/358 (ex coll. Henry Seyrig)
4 4     Private coll. LPN 1428 = Prieur 27, no. 162, illustrated