RPC IV.2, 89 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 89 (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 1
Dating c. 161
Obverse inscription ΑΥ ΚΑΙ Μ ΑΥ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝ
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐ(ρήλιος) Ἀντωνεῖν(ος)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
Obverse design bare head of Marcus Aurelius (medium length beard, head assimilated to portrait of Antoninus Pius), right
Reverse inscription ϹΚΑΜΑΝΔΡΟϹ ΙΛΙΕΩΝ
Edition Σκάμανδρος Ἰλιέων
Translation Scamander of the Ilieans
Reverse design river-god Skamandros reclining, left, resting on water-urn
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 6.51 g
Axis 1, 12
Reference Bellinger T 152, von Fritze, Ilion 60, BMC 52
Specimens 8 (5 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: BMC 52, pl. XII.9 (rev.) Bellinger T 152, pl. 7 = von Fritze, Ilion 60, Beilage 63 (rev.)
2 2     O
3 3     P: Delepierre 3
4 4     P: Delepierre 4, authenticity doubtful: cast?
5 5     V-ON Leypold I, no. 476
6 6     C: no number
7 7     CNG Electronic Auction 195 (10/09/2008), 140
8 8     Alex G. Malloy 33 (19/06/1992), 139