RPC IV, 7885


Image of specimen #1

Coin type
URI	https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/7885 json ttl rdf xml epidoc
Volume	IV.1
Number	7885 (temporary)
Province	Achaea
Region	Corinthia
City	Corinth
Reign	Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.)	Marcus Aurelius (Augustus)
Obverse inscription	M AVR ANTONINVS AVG
Edition	M(arcus) Aur(elius) Antoninus Aug(ustus)
Translation	Marcus Aurelius Augustus
Obverse design	laureate head of Marcus Aurelius with traces of drapery, 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	Melikertes-Palaimon lying on back of dolphin, right; behind, pine-tree
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average diameter	27 mm
Average weight	11.70 g
Axis	1, 9, 12
Specimens	6 (5 in the core collections)

Number	Number	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	More
1	1 ✸	P: 903		28	11.57	9	Show
2	2	B: 11836		27	11.04	1	Show
3	3	B: I-B, obverse with traces of tooling		27	13.13	12	Show
4	4	C: Leake 3720, European Greece, p. 41.15, authenticity doubtful: cast?		26	11.05	9	Show
5	5	V: GR 13666, authenticity doubtful: cast?		26	11.57	12	Show
6	6		BCD	27	11.85	9	Show