RPC IV.1, 9878 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 9878 (temporary)
Province Achaea
Region Peloponnesus
City Patras
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Marcus Aurelius (Augustus)
Dating c. 166–180
Obverse inscription [M AVR ANTO]NINVS AVG
Edition Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus M(arcus) Aur(elius) Antoninus Aug(ustus)
Translation Marcus Aurelius Augustus
Obverse design laureate head of Marcus Aurelius, right
Reverse inscription COL A A PATR[?
Edition colonia Augusta Achaica Patr--- col(onia) A(ugusta) A(chaica) Patr[---]
Translation the colony Augusta Achaica Patras[---]
Reverse design nude Mercury/Hermes standing, facing, head, left, extending right hand over ram, holding caduceus and chlamys
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 11.64 g
Axis 3
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
2 2     ✸ CGT coll. ex Naville 17, 20 Sep. 2015, lot 221 ex Gorny & Mosch 115 5 March 2002, lot 1346, reverse as 'Dionysus'