RPC IV.3, 8030 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume IV.3
Number 8030 (temporary)
Province Mesopotamia
Region Mesopotamia
City Carrhae
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Marcus Aurelius (Augustus)
Issue Marcus and Verus, co-emperors
Dating after 164
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΥΡΗΛΙΟϹ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ ϹΕ (Αs shaped as Λs)
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρήλιος Ἀντωνῖνος Σε(βαστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus
Obverse design laureate head of Marcus Aurelius, right
Reverse inscription [ΥΠΕΡ] [Ν?]ΙΚΗϹ ΡΩΜΕΩΝ(sic, probably tooled)
Edition ὑπὲρ νίκης Ῥωμέων
Translation for the victory of the Romans
Reverse design female figure standing, left, holding patera and long sceptre
Metal silver
Average diameter 16 mm
Average weight 2.92 g
Axis 11
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 1815, under 'Carrhae'