RPC IV.1, 8006 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 8006 (temporary)
Province Cyrenaica and Crete
Region Cyrenaica
City Cyrenaica
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Marcus Aurelius (Augustus)
Issue Tr. Pot. XXVI
Dating AD 171-172
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤΟΚΡ ΚΑΙϹ Μ ΑΥΡΗΛ ΑΝΤωΝΕΙΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Ἀντωνεῖνος Σεβαστός Αὐτοκρ(άτωρ) Καῖσ(αρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρήλ(ιος) Ἀντωνεῖνος Σεβ(αστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Marcus Aurelius wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΔΗΜΑΡΧΙΚ ΕΞΟΥϹ ΚϚ
Edition δημαρχικῆς ἐξουσίας κϛʹ δημαρχικ(ῆς) ἐξουσ(ίας) κϛʹ
Translation holder of tribunician power for the 26th time
Reverse design head of Zeus Ammon, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 31 mm
Average weight 19.81 g
Axis 12
Reference Asolati 189C
Specimens 2 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 464, under 'Caesarea'
2 2     NY: 1944.100.62462, under 'Caesarea'