RPC IV.3, 6639 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.3
Number 6639 (temporary)
Province Arabia
Region Syria
City Philadelphia
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Marcus Aurelius (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙϹ Μ ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤωΝΙΝοϹ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖσ(αρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Ἀντωνῖνος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Marcus Aurelius wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right
Reverse inscription ΦΙΛΑΔΕΛΦΕωΝ ΚοΙΛΗϹ ϹΥΡΙΑϹ
Edition Φιλαδελφέων Κοίλης Συρίας
Translation of the Philadelphians of Coele Syria
Reverse design laureate head of Heracles (youthful) with lion skin knotted at neck, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 22 mm
Average weight 8.40 g
Axis 12
Reference Spijkerman 20, BMC 14
Specimens 16 (7 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: BMC 14
1 1     P: coll. Chandon de Briailles 988
2 2     ✸ L: 1931-6-3-8
2 2     Private coll. CGT
2 2     Münster: M 5960
2 2     H. Rasmussen coll.
3 3     P: 322
4 4     B: (Löbb)
5 5     C: Burkitt 0905
6 6     NY: 1944.100.69406 SNG 1389
7 7     J-SBF Spijkerman 20
8 8     J-SBF Spijkerman 20
9 9     Bern: Righetti 2220
10 10     Frank Sternberg 34 (22/10/1998), 494, pl. XXVIII
11 11     Münster: M 5959
12 12     Heritage 3018, 5 Sept. 2012, lot 20509