RPC IV.1, 8960 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 8960 (temporary)
Province Thrace
Region Thrace
City Perinthus
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Marcus Aurelius (Caesar)
Dating c. 147–161
Obverse inscription Μ ΑΥΡΗΛΙΟϹ ΟΥΗΡΟϹ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ
Edition Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρήλιος Οὐῆρος Καῖσαρ
Translation Marcus Aurelius Verus Caesar
Obverse design bare-headed bust of Marcus Aurelius (short beard) wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right
Reverse inscription ΠΕΡΙΝΘΙΩΝ
Edition Περινθίων
Translation of the Perinthians
Reverse design to left, Hygieia standing, right, feeding serpent from patera; to right, Asclepius standing, facing, head, left, holding serpent-staff
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 10.44 g
Axis 12
Reference Schönert, Perinthos
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 1108 (ex 911)