RPC IV.1, 3914 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #15

 

Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 3914 (temporary)
Province Thrace
Region Thrace
City Hadrianopolis
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Marcus Aurelius (Caesar)
Obverse inscription ΟΥΗΡΟϹ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ
Obverse design bare-headed bust of Marcus Aurelius (lightly bearded - short beard) wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right
Reverse inscription ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟΠΟΛΕΙΤ
Reverse design nude Apollo advancing, right, (drawing arrow from quiver at shoulder,) holding strung bow
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 18 mm
Axis 6, 7, 8, 12
Reference Jurukova 53–7, BMC 4, Varbanov II, 3180$
Specimens 15 (4 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: BMC 4
2 2     C: SNG 1714 Leake 3957, European Greece, p. 160.10, in Leake obverse as 'Verus' and reverse as 'Artemis' = Jurukova 54, pl. 6 reverse only
3 3     P: 601 (483), cast at the Griechisches Münzwerk, Berlin
4 4     B: 1904/65 Jurukova 53, pl. 6
5 5     Sofia: 3901 Jurukova 55, pl. 6
6 6     Sofia: 2800 Jurukova 56, pl. 6 reverse only
7 7     Sofia: 9057 Jurukova 57, pl. 6
8 8     Kazanlak, Archaeological Museum
9 9     Bucharest, Archaeological Institute 1261/3638
10 10     Plovdiv, National Museum
11 11     Lischine 401
12 12     Private coll. Kaskovo
13 13     Münzen & Medaillen Deutschland 36 (30/05/2012), 552
14 14     Lanz 102 (28/05/2001), 622
15 15     ✸ G. Beyer coll. (ex Naumann 122, 6 Nov. 2022, lot 448)