RPC IV.2, 82 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 82 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Cyzicus
Region Troas
City Ilium
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Marcus Aurelius (Augustus)
Issue Marcus and Verus, co-emperors: Issue 3 (ΑVΓ)
Dating c. 161–162
Obverse inscription ΑΥ ΚΑΙ ΜΑΡ ΑΥΡΗ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙ ΑΥΓ
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Μᾶρ(κος) Αὐρή(λιος) Ἀντωνεῖ(νος) Αὔγ(ουστος)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Marcus Aurelius (medium length beard) wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΙΛΙΕΩΝ
Edition Ἰλιέων
Translation of the Ilians
Reverse design bust of Athena wearing aegis, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 36 mm
Average weight 22.57 g
Axis 7
Reference Bellinger T 145, von Fritze, Ilion 57
Specimens 4 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     NY: 1944.100.43941 Bellinger T 145, pl. 7
2 2     Ex private coll. Schliemann, Athens = von Fritze, Ilion 57, Beilage 63
3 3     ✸ P: 736 Wa 1161, reverse legend with signs of tooling
4 4     Lanz 92 (04/06/1999), 672