RPC IV.3, 9023 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume IV.3
Number 9023 (temporary)
Province Syria
Region Commagene
City Samosata
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Marcus Aurelius (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ[Ϲ?] Μ ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤωΝΕΙΝοϹ ϹΕΒΑϹΤοc
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖσ(αρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Ἀντωνεῖνος Σεβαστός
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Marcus Aurelius wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right
Reverse inscription Φ ϹΑΜο ΙΕΡ ΑϹΥ ΑΥΤΟ ΜΗΤΡο ΚΟΜ ΕΤ Ϙ
Edition Φ(λαουίων) Σαμο(σατέων) ἱερ(ῆς) ἀσύλ(ου) αὐτο(νόμου) μητρο(πόλεως) Κομ(μαγηνῶν) ἔτ(ους) ϙʹ
Translation of the Flavian Samosateans, sacred, inviolable, autonomous, metropolis of Commagenes, year 90
Reverse design turreted Tyche seated on rock, left, holding poppy and two ears of corn, resting arm on rock, resting foot on swimming river-god (Euphrates)
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 8.39 g
Axis 1, 12
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 1467
2 2     Bern: Righetti 1840