RPC IV.1, 3401 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 3401 (temporary)
Province Macedonia
Region Macedonia
City Edessa
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Marcus Aurelius (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤΟΚΡΑΤΩΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Ἀντωνῖνος Καῖσαρ
Translation Emperor Antoninus Caesar
Obverse design laureate head of Marcus Aurelius, right
Reverse inscription ΕΔΕϹϹΑΙωΝ
Edition Ἐδεσσαίων
Translation of the Edessaeans
Reverse design to left, Roma seated on cuirass, left; beside, shield; in centre, turreted Tyche standing, left, crowning Roma; to right, goat
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 11.81 g
Axis 6, 10, 12
Reference Papaefthymiou 3–4
Specimens 8 (4 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1968 (ex Cameron, no. 1), under 'Marcrinus'
2 2     Mu: 4a (acc. 81027)
3 3     Zagreb: 9522, found at Vinkovci, Cibalae
4 4     Pella, Archaeological Museum 15/02/1978
5 5     Veroia, Archaeological Museum
6 6     Edessa, Archaeological Museum, col. Tsiroga 16
7 7     V: GR 9742
8 8     B: I-B