RPC IV.2, 1071 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 1071 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Miletus
Region Ionia
City Miletus
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Marcus Aurelius (Augustus)
Alliance with Ephesus
Issue Marcus and Verus, co-emperors: Issue A
Dating 161–169
Obverse inscription ΑΥ Κ Μ Α ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Α(ὐρήλιος) Ἀντωνῖνος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Marcus Aurelius (long beard) wearing cuirass, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΜΙΛΗϹΙΩΝ ΕΦΕϹΙΩΝ ΟΜΟΝΟΙΑ
Edition Μιλησίων Ἐφεσίων ὁμόνοια
Translation concord of the Milesians and Ephesians
Reverse design to left, cult statue of nude Apollo Didymeus standing, facing, holding stag and bow; to right, cult statue of Artemis of Ephesus standing, facing, wearing kalathos, having supports; between two stags
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 35 mm
Average weight 23.07 g
Axis 6, 7, 12
Reference Roch XXII.1, Temporini 354, no. III.3, Franke & Nollé 1295-6, BMC 169
Specimens 4 (3 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: BMC 169, pl. XXXIX.1 (rev.) Franke & Nollé 1295, pl. 60
2 2     P: Delepierre 38 Temporini 354, no. III.3, pl. 76
3 3     Classical Numismatic Group 29 (30/03/1994), 952 = CNG 51 (15/09/1999), 813 = Triton IX (10/01/2006), 1489
4 4     NY: 1944.100.46608 Franke & Nollé 1296, pl. 60 (rev.)