RPC IV.1, 3897 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 3897 (temporary)
Province Thrace
Region Thrace
City Augusta Traiana
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Marcus Aurelius (Augustus)
Magistrate Quintus Tullius Maximus (legatus Augusti pro praetore)
Issue Marcus and Verus, co-emperors
Dating 161–169
Obverse inscription ΑΥ ΚΑΙ Μ ΑΥΡΗ(ΛΙ) ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Ἀντωνεῖνος Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρήλι(ος) Ἀντωνεῖνος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Marcus Aurelius wearing cuirass, right
Reverse inscription ΗΓΕ ΤΟΥΛ ΜΑΞΙΜΟΥ ΑΥΓΟΥϹΤΗϹ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΗϹ
Edition ἡγεμονευόντος Τουλλίου Μαξίμου Αὐγούστης Τραϊανῆς ἡγε(μονευόντος) Τουλ(λίου) Μαξίμου Αὐγούστης Τραϊανῆς
Translation during the governorship of Tullius Maximus, Augusta Traiana
Reverse design city view: wall and gate between two towers with third tower in background
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 31 mm
Average weight 19.67 g
Axis 1, 6, 7
Reference Schönert-Geiss, MATT 10–16 and 23
Specimens 14 (3 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     Budapest: 2A.1910.529 Schönert-Geiss, MATT 10, pl. 2 (R9)
2 2     NY: 1944.100.15569 Schönert-Geiss, MATT 11, pl. 1 (V3), pl. 2 (R10)
3 3     P: 1437 Schönert-Geiss, MATT 12/1, pl. 2 (R11), cast at the Griechisches Münzwerk, Berlin
4 4     Sofia: 6536 Mouchmov 2977
5 5     Budapest: 2A.1910.551 Schönert-Geiss, MATT 13, pl. 2 (R12)
6 6     Sofia: coll. Abramov 836 Schönert-Geiss, MATT 14, pl. 2 (R13)
7 7     A: 1048A
8 8     Sofia: 890 Schönert-Geiss, MATT 16, pl. 2 (R14)
9 9     NY: 1944.100.15568 Schönert-Geiss, MATT 23, pl. 2 (R21)
10 10     Gorny & Mosch 113 (18/10/2001), 5404
11 11     Private coll.
12 12     ✸ Naville 95, 27 April 2025, lot 256 ex Naville 62, 13 Dec. 2020, lot 110 ex Naville 56, 20 March 2020, lot 155
13 13     CNG 580, 5 Feb. 2025, lot 315
14 14     CGT coll. ex Savoca 6, 27 Dec. 2015, lot 331