RPC IV.3, 8524 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.3
Number 8524 (temporary)
Province Mesopotamia
Region Mesopotamia
City Carrhae
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Marcus Aurelius (Augustus)
Obverse inscription [Μ ΑΝΤΟ]ΝΙΝΟϹ ΑΡΜΕΝΙΑΚΟϹ (Αs shaped as Λs)
Edition Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀντωνῖνος Ἀρμενιακός
Translation Marcus Antoninus Armeniacus
Obverse design laureate head of Marcus Aurelius (long beard with short curls), right
Reverse inscription ΥΠΕΡ ΝΙΚΗϹ ΤΩΝ Κ[ΥΡΙΩΝ ϹΕΒ?]
Edition ὑπὲρ νίκης τῶν κυρίων Σεβ(αστῶν)
Translation for the victory of the Lords Augusti
Reverse design female figure standing, left, holding round object (globe or apple?) and long sceptre
Metal silver
Average diameter 17 mm
Average weight 2.29 g
Axis 11
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ NY: 1990.39.5, under 'Edessa in Mesopotamia?'