RPC IV.1, 6852 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 6852 (temporary)
Province Cyrenaica and Crete
Region Cyrenaica
City Cyrenaica
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Marcus Aurelius (Augustus)
Issue Tr. Pot. XXVI
Dating AD 171-172
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤΟΚΡ ΚΑΙϹ Μ ΑΥΡΗΛ ΑΝΤωΝΕΙΝοϹ ϹΕΒ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Ἀντωνεῖνος Σεβαστός Αὐτοκρ(άτωρ) Καῖσ(αρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρήλ(ιος) Ἀντωνεῖνος Σεβ(αστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Marcus Aurelius wearing cuirass, right
Reverse inscription ΔΗΜΑΡΧΙΚ ΕΞΟΥϹ ΚϚ
Edition δημαρχικῆς ἐξουσίας κϛʹ δημαρχικ(ῆς) ἐξουσ(ίας) κϛʹ
Translation holder of tribunician power for the 26th time
Reverse design head of Zeus Ammon, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 30 mm
Average weight 18.85 g
Axis 11, 12
Reference S 345 ('Caesarea'), BMC 189 ('Caesarea'), Asolati 189B
Specimens 7 (5 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: BMC 189 ('Caesarea'), in L under 'Caesarea'
2 2     P: 462A, under 'Caesarea', both sides tooled, obverse legend 'ΑVΤΟΚ ΚΑΙС ...', on reverse, Zeus Ammon with additional tooled 'kalathos'
3 3     ✸ P: 465, under 'Caesarea'
4 4     V: GR 21634, under 'Caesarea', both sides with signs of tooling
5 5     B: alter Bestand, under 'Caesarea', on reverse, date obscure, thus attribution to this type only tentative
6 6     Roma Numismatics EA 76, 5 Nov. 2020, lot 658
7 7     CGT coll.