RPC IV.1, 8365 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 8365 (temporary)
Province Thrace
Region Thrace
City Topirus
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Marcus Aurelius (Caesar)
Dating c. 139–144
Obverse inscription ΟΥΗΡΟϹ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ
Edition Οὐῆρος Καῖσαρ
Translation Verus Caesar
Obverse design bare head of Marcus Aurelius (youthful), right
Reverse inscription ΤΟΠΕΙΡΕΙΤΩΝ
Edition Τοπειρείτων
Translation of the Topirians
Reverse design Asclepius standing, facing, head, left, holding serpent-staff
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 15 mm
Average weight 1.81 g
Axis 6
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     NY: 1944.100.16471, under 'Lucius Verus Caesar'
2 2     Private collection H. I.
3 3     ✸ Private coll. Curtis Clay = Savoca Numismatik Blue 21 (22/06/2019), 783