RPC IV.2, 11442 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #4

 

Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 11442 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Ephesus
Region Lydia
City Hypaepa
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Marcus Aurelius (Augustus)
Magistrate Lucius Pom(peius?) Iulianus (first strategos for the second time)
Dating 175–177
Obverse inscription ΑΥ Κ Μ ΑΥ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝοϹ
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Marcus Aurelius (long beard with long curls) wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ Λ Π ΙΟΥΛΙΑΝΟΥ ϹΤΡ Το Β Α ΥΠΑΙΠΗΝΩΝ
Reverse design cult statue of Artemis Anaïtis standing in galloping biga, right; above, Nike flying, right, holding reins
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 35 mm
Axis 6, 12
Reference Hochard 758 corr.
Specimens 6 (0 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
2 2     Cologne: HYP_0020, perhaps with additional reverse legend variation
3 3     Cologne: HYP_0019
4 4     ✸ Private coll. CGT = Numismatik Naumann 52 (02/04/2017), 1046, ex private collection Plankenhorn, Germany = GRPCL Hypaepa 141
5 5     Schulten 21 (20/10/1987), 579
6 6     Private coll. CGT = CNG Electronic Auction 353 (17/06/2015), 294
7 7     CNG Electronic Auction 264 (21/09/2011), 288 (emperor as 'Septimius Severus') = GRPCL Hypaepa 140 = Hochard 758a, pl. 38 (misreading Λ Π of reverse legend as 'ΑΠ'), reverse with traces of tooling