RPC IV.1, 4197 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 4197 (temporary)
Province Epirus
Region Epirus
City Nicopolis
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Marcus Aurelius (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥ ΚΑΙ[ ] ΑΝΤωΝΕΙΝ[ΟϹ] (?)
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Καῖ[---] Ἀντωνεῖνος
Translation Emperor Caesar[---] Antoninus
Obverse design bare head of Marcus Aurelius, right
Reverse inscription ΝΙΚοΠ[ο]ΛΕωϹ
Edition Νικοπολεῶς
Translation of Nicopolis
Reverse design goddess (veiled Hera or Athena?) standing, left, holding patera over uncertain object (altar or shield?) and long sceptre (or spear)
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 17 mm
Average weight 3.40 g
Axis 6
Reference Oikonomidou, 'Marcus Aurelius?' 12
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ V: GR 11925 J. v. Schlosser, Beschreibung der altgriechischen Münzen I (Vienna 1893), 84, no. 46 = Oikonomidou, 'Marcus?' 12, pl. 22, 'Athena'