RPC IV.1, 7586 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 7586 (temporary)
Province Achaea
Region Corinthia
City Corinth
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Marcus Aurelius (Augustus)
Obverse inscription [I M?] AVR ANTONINVS AVG
Edition I(mperator) M(arcus) Aur(elius) Antoninus Aug(ustus)
Translation Emperor Marcus Aurelius Antoninus, Augustus
Obverse design laureate head of Marcus Aurelius, right
Reverse inscription C L I COR
Edition c(olonia) L(aus) Iul(ia) Cor(inthiensium)
Translation the colony Laus Iulia of the Corinthians
Reverse design to left, nude Athlete advancing, left, holding race-torch and palm-branch; to right, Melikertes-Palaimon lying on dolphin, left; behind, pine-tree
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 11.70 g
Axis 2, 7, 10
Reference Cop 327
Specimens 5 (3 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Cop: 327
2 2     ✸ B: I-B
3 3     B: Löbb, obverse with signs of tooling
9 9     Freiburg: 13925
10 10     Private coll. Jan Bajer = Gorny & Mosch Electronic Auction 267 (17/10/2019), 3432, ex coll. Shlomo Moussaieff