RPC IV.3, 6807 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.3
Number 6807 (temporary)
Province Syria
Region Phoenicia
City Tripolis
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Marcus Aurelius (Caesar)
Issue Year ΘΝΥ = 459
Dating AD 147/8
Obverse inscription ΑΥΡΗΛΙΟϹ ΚΑΙ ϹΕΒ ΕΥϹΕΒ ΥΙΟϹ
Edition Αὐρήλιος Καῖ(σαρ) Σεβ(αστοῦ) Εὐσεβ(οῦς) υἰὸς
Translation Aurelius Caesar, son of Augustus Pius
Obverse design laureate head of Marcus Aurelius (short beard), right
Reverse inscription ΘΝΥ ΤΡΙΠΟΛΕΙΤωΝ
Edition θνυʹ Τριπολειτῶν
Translation (year) 459, of the Tripolitans
Reverse design draped busts of the Dioscuri jugate, right; each wearing laureate pileus surmounted by star
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 9.15 g
Axis 1, 12
Reference Rouvier 1709, BMC 66–8, Cop 284
Specimens 21 (19 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P Bab 1920, obverse as 'Antoninus Pius' and obverse legend 'ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ Τ ΑΙΛ ΑΔΡΙ ΑΝΤωΝƐΙΝΟС'
2 2     P Bab 1922
3 3     P Bab 1923
4 4     P: coll. Chandon de Briailles 903
5 5     L: 1902,0206.234 BMC 66
6 6     L: 1844,0425.266 BMC 67
7 7     ✸ L: G.5136 BMC 68
8 8     Mu: 43
9 9     Mu: 44
10 10     Mu: 45
11 11     Mu: 49
12 12     Beirut-AUB
13 13     NY: 1944.100.72586 (ex private coll. J. Rouvier, Beirut)
14 14     NY: 1944.100.72587 (ex private coll. P. Schroeder, Beirut)
15 15     NY: 1944.100.72588 (ex private coll. J. Rouvier, Beirut)
16 16     Cop: 284
17 17     V: GR 22262
18 18     V: GR 22263
19 19     B: Cassel 1925, on reverse, date off flan
20 20     O
21 21     A. Kropp coll.