RPC IV.3, 8608 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume IV.3
Number 8608 (temporary)
Province Syria
Region Syria
City Chalcis ad Belum
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Marcus Aurelius (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙϹ Μ ΑΥΡΗΛΙΟΝ ΑΝΤωΝΙΝΟΝ ϹΕΒ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτορα) Καίσ(αρα) Μ(ᾶρκον) Αὐρήλιον Ἀντωνῖνον Σεβ(αστόν)
Translation for Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus
Obverse design laureate head of Marcus Aurelius, right
Reverse inscription ΦΛ ΧΑΛΚΙΔΕωΝ ΗΛΙοϹΕΙΡοϹ [ ] Β (in l. field)
Edition Φλ(αβίων) Χαλκιδέων Ἡλιοσείρος [---] βʹ
Translation of the Flavian Chalcidians, Heliosiros, [---], 2
Reverse design statue of Helioseiros standing on base, facing, head, left, holding palm-branch, round shield and spear; in lower right field, star
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 11.38 g
Axis 1, 12
Specimens 5 (4 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1909,0517.2
2 2     L: 1975,0411.177 Weber 7953, obverse as 'Lucius Verus' with '] ΑVΡΗΛΙΟС ΟΥΗ[', ex private coll. H. Heller
3 3     ✸ P: 1972/993 (ex coll. Henry Seyrig)
4 4     O
5 5     Sol Numismatik 23, 13 Jan. 2024, lot 503