RPC IV.1, 5011 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 5011 (temporary)
Province Thrace
Region Thrace
City Topirus
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Marcus Aurelius (Caesar)
Dating c. 144–161
Obverse inscription ΟΥΗΡΟϹ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ
Obverse design bare head of Marcus Aurelius (lightly bearded - short beard), right
Reverse inscription ΤΟΠΕΙΡΕΙΤΩΝ
Reverse design river-god (bearded) reclining, left, holding cornucopia (and reed), resting on water-urn
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 20 mm
Axis 6
Reference Cop 807 corr., FM 246, no. 188
Specimens 12 (8 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1903-5-4-6
2 2     Cop: 807, obverse wrongly as 'Lucius Verus', on reverse, river-god without reed
3 3     P: 1432
4 4     P: Y23890/89, struck on too large a flan, V of obverse legend inverted
5 5     Mu: 2, under 'Lucius Verus'
6 6     Mu: 2a (acc. 25370), under 'Lucius Verus'
7 7     Paul-Francis Jacquier 25 (Autumn 2000), 217 = Paul-Francis Jacquier 26 (Spring 2001), 194 = Paul-Francis Jacquier 27 (Autumn 2001), 203 = Paul-Francis Jacquier 30 (Spring 2003), 243
8 8     Ex private coll. F. Imhoof-Blumer = FM 246, no. 188
9 9     Bern: Righetti 312
10 10     O
11 11     O
12 12     Private coll., Baton Rouge