RPC IV.3, 6486 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.3
Number 6486 (temporary)
Province Mesopotamia
Region Mesopotamia
City Edessa
Reign Ma´nu VIII
Person (obv.) Marcus Aurelius (Augustus)
Issue Ma´nu VIII Philoromaios
Dating 167–179, probably 167–169
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΥΡΗΛ ΑΝΤωΝΙΝΟϹ Ϲ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρήλ(ιος) Ἀντωνῖνος Σ(εβαστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus
Obverse design bare head of Marcus Aurelius, right
Reverse inscription ΒΑϹΙΛΕΥϹ ΜΑΝΝΟϹ ΦΙΛΟ
Edition Βασιλεὺς Μάννος Φιλο(ρῶμαϊος)
Translation King Ma'nu Philoromaios
Reverse design helmeted Mars standing, facing, head, right, holding spear, resting arm on shield
Metal silver
Average diameter 18 mm
Average weight 2.53 g
Axis 6
Reference BMC 5
Specimens 2 (2 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: BMC 5, pl. XIII.10 E. Babelon, Mélanges Numismatiques II (1893), 234, no. 5, pl. III.5 (drawing) = Walker 3400: AR: 73.50
2 2     B: 18312185, 1906 Löbbecke