RPC IV.2, 1020 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 1020 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Miletus
Region Ionia
City Magnesia ad Maeandrum
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Magistrate Dioskourides Gratos, son of Metro— (grammateus)
Dating c. 139–144
Obverse inscription Τ ΑΙΛΙΟϹ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ
Edition Τ(ίτος) Αἴλιος Καῖσαρ Ἀντωνεῖνος
Translation Titus Aelius Caesar Antoninus
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Antoninus Pius wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right, seen from centre
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ΔΙΟϹΚΟΥΡΙΔΟΥ ΓΡΑΤΟΥ ΜΗΤΡ ΜΑΓΝΗΤ[Ω]Ν
Edition ἐπὶ Διοσκουρίδου Γράτου Μητρ(—) Μαγνήτων
Translation under Dioskourides Gratos, son of Metro—, of the Magnetes
Reverse design Hades standing in galloping quadriga, right, struggling with Persephone
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 35 mm
Average weight 24.36 g
Axis 6
Reference Schultz 102
Specimens 7 (3 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 1493 Wa 1746
2 2     ✸ B: I-B
3 3     L: 1920-5-16-73 E.S.G. Robinson, NC 1921, 19, no. 26, pl. I (rev.) = Schultz 102.3, pl. 7 (rev.)
4 4     Mabbott 1543, not illustrated
5 5     Brisbane: 2068 Pecunem Numismatik Naumann 41 (06/03/2016), 488
6 6     Pecunem Numismatik Naumann 39 (03/01/2016), 592
7 7     Heidelberger Münzhandlung Herbert Grün 64 (20/11/2014), 1993