RPC IV.1, 4747 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #8

 

Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 4747 (temporary)
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Calchedon
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Marcus Aurelius (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΥΡΗ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝοc
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρή(λιος) Ἀντωνεῖνος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
Obverse design laureate head of Marcus Aurelius, right
Reverse inscription ΚΑΛΧΑΔΟΝΙΩΝ
Edition Καλχαδονίων
Translation of the Chalcedonians
Reverse design Apollo with lyre reclining, right, on swan flying, left
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 11.07 g
Axis 6, 7
Reference Rec 64
Specimens 9 (4 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     N Rec 64, pl. XLVII.16 (rev.)
2 2     Rec 64, pl. XLVII.17, not identical with the Löbb coin in Berlin listed under specimen 3
3 3     B: (Löbb)
4 4     Mu: 14, under 'Septimius Severus'
5 5     NY: 1944.100.42029
6 6     V: GR 15446, broken, 11.44g
7 7     Bern: Righetti 620
8 8     ✸ Solidus Numismatics
9 9     Musée Lugdunum: 1987.3.244