A few Marcus Aurelius from a multiple lot

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  1. cmezner

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    A bit boring because they are mostly of the same type:rolleyes:

    Æ Tetrassarion
    Koinon of Makedonia, 161 – 180 AD
    25.64 x 25.18 mm, 14.626 g, 1h

    RPC IV.1 4279 (temporary number); AMNG III, (“Die antiken Münzen Nord-Griechenlands”, Band III, Makedonia und Paionia, Berlin 1906, p. 84) Nr. 274; Varbanov 3052; Chaix 129; BMC (Catalogue of the Greek Coins, Macedonia, p. 28) 156 var. (bust is laureate); Lindgren 1366; SNG Copenhagen 1342; Moushmov 5889 (for reverse);
    Moushmov as reference is obsolet; he only considers the reverse of coins.

    Ob.: KAICAP ANTΏNINOC Bare-headed and cuirassed bust (wearing paludamentum?) of Marcus Aurelius with long beard to r.
    Rev.: ΚOΙΝΟΝ ΜΑΚΕΔΟΝωΝ (facing inward, Koinon of the Makedonians). Thunderbolt with four wings.

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    Æ Tetrassarion
    Koinon of Makedonia, 161 – 180 AD

    27.85 x 27.93 mm, 14.259 g, 12h

    RPC IV.1 4280 (temporary number); AMNG III, (“Die antiken Münzen Nord-Griechenlands”, Band III, Makedonia und Paionia, Berlin 1906, p. 84) Nr. 275; BMC (Catalogue of the Greek Coins, Macedonia, p. 28) 156; SNG Copenhagen 1343; Varbanov 3052

    Ob.: K-AICAP A-NTΏNINOC Laureate head of Marcus Aurelius with long beard and traces of drapery to r.
    Rev.: ΚOΙΝΟΝ ΜΑΚΕΔΟΝωΝ (facing inward, Koinon of the Makedonians). Thunderbolt with four wings.

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    and this one is from Amphipolis:
    Æ Triassarion
    24.75 x 23.58 mm, 9.163 g, 4h

    RPC IV.1 25736 (temporary number); BMC (Catalogue of the Greek Coins, Macedonia, p. 57) 111;

    Ob.: ΑVΤΟ Κ Μ ΑVΡ ΑΝΤΩΝЄΙΝΟΝ Laureate bust of Marcus Aurelius (Augustus) with long beard to r. Border of dots.
    Rev.: ΑΜΦΙΠOΛ-ЄΙΤΩΝ Turreted Tyche of Amphipolis seated to l. on throne, holding patera in extended r. hand and the end of her peplos in l. Border of dots.

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  3. GinoLR

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    Hi, a happy new year !
    I think the 3rd coin, from Antipolis, is not Marcus Aurelius but Commodus.
    1) the portrait looks like Commodus
    2) the obv. legend is ΑVΤΟ Κ Μ ΑVΡ KOMM ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟΝ
     
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    Happy New Year to you as well. upload_2026-1-3_21-47-35.png
    Thank you so much @GinoLR - will research to find the RPC number.
     
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