RPC IV.2, 11474 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 11474 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Ephesus
Region Ionia
City Ephesus
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Marcus Aurelius (Augustus)
Issue Marcus and Verus, co-emperors: probably multiple issues; some or all from »Southern Workshop, 138-180«
Dating c. 161–165
Obverse inscription ΑΥ ΚΑΙ Μ ΑΥ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Ἀντωνῖνος Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐ(ρήλιος) Ἀντωνῖνος
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 rear
Reverse inscription [ ] (on shield?) [ ]
Reverse design Nike standing with foot on globe, right, inscribing shield attached to palm-tree
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 36 mm
Average weight 22.71 g
Axis 6
Reference Karwiese 310(a) and 377 corr., J. Nollé, 'Ein ephesischer Kult der ‹Victoria Romanorum› und das sogenannte Parthermonument', Chiron 33 (2003), pp. 459-84, esp. pp. 459-3, Burnett, Zela, p. 102
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)
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2 2     ✸ P: 745 Karwiese 377 ('V8', 'R13'), under 'Commodus?'
3 3     V-Universität: Inv. 7095, ex coll. Schöller Karwiese 377 ('V3', R25)