RPC IV.1, 8663 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 8663 (temporary)
Province Thrace
Region Thrace
City Perinthus
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Marcus Aurelius (Augustus)
Magistrate Gargilius Antiquus (legatus Augusti pro praetore)
Issue Marcus and Verus, co-emperors
Dating 161
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ Μ ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ
Obverse design bare-headed bust of Marcus Aurelius wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ΓΑΡ ΑΝΤΕΙΚΟΥ ΠΕΡΙΝΘΙΩΝ
Reverse design Nike standing in biga, right, holding palm-branch
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 31 mm
Axis 6
Reference Schönert, Perinthos 432, BMC 24
Specimens 3 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: BMC 24 (drawing) Schönert, Perinthos 432, pl. 24, cast at the Griechisches Münzwerk, Berlin
2 2     P: 1109 (ex 912)
3 3     Sofia