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
Obverse design laureate head of Marcus Aurelius, right
Reverse inscription ΦΛ ΧΑΛΚΙΔΕωΝ ΗΛΙοϹΕΙΡοϹ [? Β (in l. field)
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
Axis 1, 12
Specimens 5 (4 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1909-5-17-2
2 2     L: 1975-4-11-177 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