RPC IV.1, 7830 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 7830 (temporary)
Province Macedonia
Region Macedonia
City Cassandrea
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Marcus Aurelius (Augustus)
Obverse inscription [IMP?] M AVR ANTON AVG (all As shaped as Λ)
Edition Imp(erator) M(arcus) Aur(elius) Anton(inus) Aug(ustus)
Translation Emperor Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus
Obverse design laureate head of Marcus Aurelius, right
Reverse inscription COL IVL AVG [C]AS (all AS shaped as Λ)
Edition col(onia) Iul(ia) Aug(usta) Cas(sandrias)
Translation Colony Julia Augusta Cassandrea
Reverse design nude Neptune/Poseidon standing, facing, head, left, holding dolphin and trident
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 22 mm
Average weight 7.43 g
Axis 6, 12
Specimens 2 (2 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 607
2 2     P: no number, under 'Unidentified', attribution to Cassandrea not entirely certain, obverse die same or similar to 1, reverse legend might be retrograde