RPC IV.1, 9374 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 9374 (temporary)
Province Thrace
Region Thrace
City Augusta Traiana
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Marcus Aurelius (Augustus)
Magistrate Quintus Tullius Maximus (legatus Augusti pro praetore)
Issue Marcus and Verus, co-emperors
Dating 161–169
Obverse inscription ΑΥ ΚΑΙ Μ ΑΥΡΗ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ
Obverse design laureate head of Marcus Aurelius with traces of drapery, right
Reverse inscription ΗΓΕ ΤΟΥΛ ΜΑΞΙΜΟΥ ΑΥΓΟΥϹΤΗϹ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΗϹ (Ξ shaped as エ)
Reverse design city view: wall and gate between two towers with third tower in background
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 31 mm
Axis 6
Reference Schönert-Geiss, MATT 24
Specimens 3 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     N: Fiorelli 6465
2 2     ✸ V: GR 9070, authenticity doubtful: cast Schönert-Geiss, MATT 24/2, pl. 1 (V6) and pl. 2 (R22), cast at the Griechisches Münzwerk, Berlin
3 3     V: GR 9071, authenticity doubtful: cast?