RPC IV.3, 8031 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.3
Number 8031 (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 ΑΥΤΟ Κ Μ ΑΥ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ (Αs shaped as Λs)
Edition Αὐτο(κράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐ(ρήλιος) Ἀντωνῖνος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
Obverse design laureate head of Marcus Aurelius, right
Reverse inscription ΥΠΕΡ ΝΙΚΗϹ ΤΩΝ ΚΥΡ (all retrograde)
Edition ὑπὲρ νίκης τῶν κυρ(ίων)
Translation for the victory of the Lords
Reverse design Armenia seated on ground, left, wearing tall headdress; beside, shield and military standard
Metal silver
Average diameter 18 mm
Average weight 2.89 g
Axis 12
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 1816, under 'Carrhae', second part of obverse legend with signs of tooling?