RPC IV.2, 1037 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #6

 

Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 1037 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Miletus
Region Ionia
City Magnesia ad Maeandrum
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Marcus Aurelius (Caesar)
Magistrate Epitynchanos (grammateus)
Dating c. 144–161
Obverse inscription ΟΥΗΡΟϹ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ
Obverse design bare-headed bust of Marcus Aurelius (lightly bearded - short beard) wearing paludamentum, right, seen from centre
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙΤΥΝΧΑΝΟ Γ ΜΑΓ
Reverse design Dionysus standing, left, holding cantharus over panther and long thyrsus
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 19 mm
Axis 6
Reference Schultz 126–7 corr., Cop 868 corr., LS 124, no. 36 corr.
Specimens 8 (4 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Cop: 868, reverse legend as 'ΜΑΓ ΕΠΙΤVΝΧΑΝΟϹ'
2 2     B: I-B LS 124, no. 36, under 'Philadelphia' and with wrong rev. legend, corrected in KM 79, no. 28 = Schultz 126.2, pl. 8 (obv.) and reverse illustrated wrongly as 127, pl. 9 (rev.) rather than as 126.2, pl. 9 (rev.), reverse legend as 'ΜΑΓ ΕΠΙΤVΝΧΑΝΟϹ'
3 3     B: 1918/1653 (Magnesia finds) reverse illustrated wrongly as Schultz 126.2, pl. 9 (rev.) rather than as 127, pl. 9 (rev.), reverse legend as 'ΜΑΓ ΕΠΙΤVΝΧΑΝΟϹ'
4 4     P: 736, under 'Mastaura'
5 5     V-ON Leypold I, no. 1076, under 'Mastaura'
6 6     ✸ Private coll. CGT = Pecunem Numismatik Naumann 41 (06/03/2016), 491 = Aufhäuser 20/05/1998
7 7     Private coll. CGT
8 8     PK Coll.