RPC IV.2, 615 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 615 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Cyzicus
Region Mysia
City Parium
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Marcus Aurelius (Augustus)
Issue Group 1
Dating c. 161–162 or later
Obverse inscription IMPE C MA A ANTONIN[VS?]
Edition Impe(rator) C(aesar) Ma(rcus) A(urelius) Antoninus
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
Obverse design bare head of Marcus Aurelius (medium length beard), left
Reverse inscription C G I H P
Edition c(olonia) G(emella) I(ulia) H(adriana) P(ariana)
Translation Twin Colony Julia Hadrian of Parium
Reverse design founder as priest ploughing with two oxen, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 16 mm
Average weight 2.57 g
Axis 1, 5, 6, 7, 12
Reference Cop 287
Specimens 16 (9 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: 18304955, 1920/725
2 2     ✸ B: 18304962, 1906 Löbbecke
3 3     O
5 5     Cop: 287 H. von Aulock, MDAI(I) 18 (1968), 237, no. 28, pl. 70
6 6     Mu: 99
7 7     Mu: 99a
8 8     NY: 1944.100.43130
9 9     V: GR 16334
12 12     Tübingen SNG 2354
13 13     C: 1948/267
14 14     Sinop: Inv. 3.110.70, D. Tokgöz donation SACT 25, no. 140, pl. 16, obverse as 'Hadrian', worn
15 15     Çanakkale: Inv. 6130 SNG Turkey 3.I, no. 203
16 16     Agora Auctions 71 (26/12/2017), 129, obverse and reverse with traces of tooling
17 17     Private coll. CGT
18 18     Çanakkale: Inv. 7718 SNG Turkey 3.I, no. 202
19 19     Agora Auctions 100 (27/04/2021), 81