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 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 δημαρχικ(ῆς) ἐξουσ<ίας> κϛʹ
Translation holder of the 26th tribunitian power
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

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