RPC IV.3, 9919 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.3
Number 9919 (temporary)
Province Mesopotamia
Region Mesopotamia
City Carrhae
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Marcus Aurelius (Augustus)
Issue Marcus and Verus, co-emperors
Dating after 164
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΥΡΗΛ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝοϹ (Αs shaped as Λs)
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρήλ(ιος) Ἀντωνῖνος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
Obverse design laureate head of Marcus Aurelius, right
Reverse inscription ΥΠΕΡ ΝΙΚΗϹ ΤΩΝ ΚΥΡΙΩΝ (ϹΕ)
Edition ὑπὲρ νίκης τῶν κυρίων Σε(βαστῶν)
Translation for the victory of the Lords Augusti
Reverse design Salus/Hygieia standing, left, holding short sceptre, feeding serpent from patera; serpent entwined around altar
Metal silver
Average diameter 18 mm
Average weight 3.28 g
Axis 6, 12
Reference Cop 189
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Cop: 189, under 'Edessa in Mesopotamia', pierced, 2.57g
2 2     ✸ CNG EA 575, 20 Nov. 2024, lot 345