RPC IV.2, 1069 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 1069 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Miletus
Region Ionia
City Miletus
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Marcus Aurelius (Caesar)
Magistrate Aelianus Asclepiades Polites
Issue With personal name: Distinct bust shapes and epsilons with dot instead of horizontal stroke
Dating c. 139–146 (?)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΡΗΛΙοϹ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ
Edition Αὐρήλιος Καῖσαρ
Translation Aurelius Caesar
Obverse design bare head of Marcus Aurelius (youthful - lightly bearded?), right
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ΠοΛΙΤ ΜΙΛΗϹΙΩΝ (Ε with dot instead of horizontal stroke)
Edition ἐπὶ Πολίτ(ου) Μιλησίων
Translation under Polites of the Milesians
Reverse design Artemis (Pythie) standing, left, wearing kalathos, holding patera, bow and arrow
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 16 mm
Average weight 2.46 g
Axis 6, 7
Reference Roch XV.4, Temporini 353, no. I.1, KM 88, no. 24
Specimens 4 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: 18292751, 1900 Imhoof-Blumer KM 88, no. 24 = Temporini 353, no. I.1, pl. 76
2 2     Tübingen SNG 3098
3 3     ✸ Private coll. CGT, ex Gitbud & Naumann
4 4     Balat: M84111 Baldus, Didyma 577 (not illustrated), worn