RPC IV.3, 6496 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.3
Number 6496 (temporary)
Province Mesopotamia
Region Mesopotamia
City Carrhae
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Marcus Aurelius (Augustus)
Issue Marcus and Verus, co-emperors
Dating after 164
Obverse inscription [ΑΥ]Τ Κ Μ ΑΥΡΗΛ ΑΝ[ΤΩΝΙΝ] (Αs shaped as Λs)
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρήλ(ιος) Ἀντωνῖν(ος)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
Obverse design bare head of Marcus Aurelius with traces of drapery, right
Reverse inscription [ΥΠ]Ε[Ρ] ΝΙΚΗϹ ΡΩΜΑΙΩΝ (Α shaped as Λ)
Edition ὑπὲρ νίκης Ῥωμαίων
Translation for the victory of the Romans
Reverse design Homonoia/Providentia standing facing, head left, holding globe and cornucopia
Metal silver
Average diameter 17 mm
Average weight 2.69 g
Axis 3
Reference BMC 3
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: BMC 3, pl. XIX.7 Weber = Walker 3391: AR: 70.50