RPC IV.2, 1072 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 1072 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Miletus
Region Ionia
City Miletus
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Marcus Aurelius (Augustus) ; Lucius Verus (Augustus)
Magistrate Publius Aelius Themistokles, son of Protoleon (asiarch)
Issue Marcus and Verus, co-emperors: Issue B
Dating 161–169
Obverse inscription Μ ΑΥΡ ΚΑΙ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ Λ ΑΥΡ ΟΥΗΡΟϹ ΚΑΙ
Obverse design laureate-headed busts of Marcus Aurelius (on left, with long beard) and Lucius Verus (on right), facing each other, both wearing cuirass
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ΑΙΛ ΘΕΜΙϹΤΟΚΛΕΟΥϹ ΑϹΙΑΡΧΟΥ ΜΙΛΗϹ(Ι)ΩΝ(sic)
Reverse design temple with four columns enclosing statue of nude Apollo Didymeus standing on short base, left, holding stag and bow
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 37 mm
Axis 5, 6
Reference Roch XXI.2, Temporini 354, no. III.4, C. Fontana, RIN 77 (1975), 140, no. 5
Specimens 5 (0 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Yale: 2009.110.49 C. Fontana, RIN 77 (1975), 140, no. 5, pl. I.5 = C. Fontana, RIN 90 (1988), 82, no. 13, pl. 3 = Lanz 92 (04/06/1999), 684, pl. 28 = Freeman & Sear Mail Bid Sale 6 (06/10/2000), 521 = Triton 8 (11/01/2005), 764, rev. legend with ΜΙΛΗϹΩΝ(sic)
2 2     Boston: 1984.244 J. Hirsch 13 (15/05/1905), coll. Rhousopoulos, 3747, not illustrated = ex Boston 67.875 = Gemini 6 (10/01/2010), 852, rev. legend with ΜΙΛΗϹΩΝ(sic)
3 3     Mabbott 1565, illustrated
4 4     Boston: 1982.244 E.J. Waddell 1 (09/12/1982), 212, pl. 12
5 5     V-ON Leypold I, no. 698