RPC IV.1, 7480 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 7480 (temporary)
Province Achaea
Region Euboea
City Chalcis
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Marcus Aurelius (Augustus)
Issue Marcus and Verus, co-emperors
Dating 161–169
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙϹ Μ ΑΥΡΗΛ ΑΝΤωΝΙΝΟϹ ΑΥΓ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖσ(αρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρήλ(ιος) Ἀντωνῖνος Αὔγ(ουστος)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus
Obverse design bare head of Marcus Aurelius, right
Reverse inscription ΗΡΑ ΧΑΛΚΙΔΕωΝ
Edition Ἥρα Χαλκιδέων
Translation Hera of the Chalcidians
Reverse design turreted Hera seated on sacred conical stone, left, holding patera and sceptre
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 11.19 g
Axis 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 11, 12
Reference Picard 100 'As', Cop 463
Specimens 8 (7 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ NY: 1944.100.20442 Picard 100 'As' 1.e
1 1     Cop: 463, slightly misreading obverse legend
2 2     P: 115
3 3     P: 116
4 4     Mu: 17a, broken, 11.54g
5 5     Naville Numismatics 22, 1 May 2016, lot 177 = Lanz 111, BCD coll., 2002, lot 291)
6 6     B: 18312155, 1853/11707
7 7     B: 18312157, 1900 Imhoof-Blumer