RPC IX, 115

 

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Coin type
Volume IX
Number 115
Province Dacia
Region Dacia
City Province of Dacia
Reign Aemilian
Person (obv.) Aemilian (Augustus)
Issue AN VIII
Dating AD 253
Obverse inscription IMP C M AEMIL AEMILIANVS AVG
Nominative Imperator Caesar Marcus Aemilius Aemilianus Augustus
Obverse design laureate and cuirassed bust of Aemilian, r., seen from rear
Reverse inscription PROVINCIA DACIA, AN VIII
Reverse design Pax standing l., holding branch and sceptre; at l., eagle standing l., head r., holding wreath in beak; at r., lion standing l.
Metal Æ
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 8.28 g
Axis 6, 12
Reference AMNG 58, Cavagna 327–9 (5)
Specimens 5
Note Cavagna describes the bust as draped and cuirassed but https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coin/20632 (of the same obverse die as the other coins) proves that the bust is cuirassed only, without drapery
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Museum Bibliography
1     Mu SNG 127
2     CNG EA 109, 2 Mar. 2005, lot 80
3     ✸ Rauch, Summer 2012, 20 Sept. 2012, lot 1336
4     NY: 1997.32.247
5     CGT coll.