RPC IV.2, 11451 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 11451 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Ephesus
Region Lydia
City Dioshieron
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Marcus Aurelius (Augustus)
Issue Marcus and Verus, co-emperors
Dating c. 161–165
Obverse inscription ΑΥ ΚΑΙ Μ ΑΥΡΗΛΙ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝοϹ
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρήλι(ος) Ἀντωνεῖνος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Marcus Aurelius (long beard with short curls) wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right, seen from centre
Reverse inscription ΔΙοϹΙΕΡΕΙΤΩΝ
Edition Διοσιερείτων
Translation of the Diosierites
Reverse design temple with four columns enclosing statue of Zeus seated, left, holding statue of Artemis of Ephesus and long sceptre
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Average weight 22.01 g
Axis 5, 6, 12
Reference Hochard 402
Specimens 6 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     C SNG 4856 = Leake 1611, Asiatic Greece, p. 52.5
2 2     Private coll. R. Hoppensteadt = Bank Leu 45 (26/05/1988), 342 = CNG 90 (23/05/2012), 989 = GRPCL Dioshieron 33
3 3     Ödemiş: Inv. 3116 SNG Turkey 7.I, no. 239
4 4     ✸ CNG Electronic Auction 146 (23/08/2006), 173 = Hochard 402a, pl. 21
5 5     Numismatik Naumann 52 (02/04/2017), 998, ex private collection Plankenhorn, Germany = GRPCL Dioshieron 34, both sides with traces of tooling
6 6     CNG Electronic Auction 405 (06/09/2017), 314