RPC IV.2, 11517 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 11517 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Miletus
Region Ionia
City Miletus
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Marcus Aurelius (Augustus) ; Lucius Verus (Augustus)
Magistrate Publius Aelius Themistokles, son of Protoleon (asiarch)
Issue Marcus and Verus, co-emperors: Issue B
Dating 161–169
Obverse inscription Μ ΑΥΡ ΚΑΙ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ Λ ΑΥΡ ΟΥΗΡΟϹ ΚΑΙ
Edition Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Καῖσαρ Ἀντωνῖνος Λούκιος Αὐρήλιος Οὐῆρος Καῖσαρ Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Καῖ(σαρ) Ἀντωνῖνος Λ(ούκιος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Οὐῆρος Καῖ(σαρ)
Translation Marcus Aurelius Caesar Antoninus, Lucius Aurelius Verus Caesar
Obverse design laureate-headed busts of Marcus Aurelius (on left, with long beard) and Lucius Verus (on right), facing each other, both wearing cuirass
Reverse inscription [Ε]ΠΙ ΑΙΛ ΘΕΜΙϹΤΟΚΛΕΟΥϹ ΑϹ[ΙΑΡΧΟΥ ΜΙΛΗϹΙΩΝ]
Edition ἐπὶ Αἰλίου Θεμιστοκλέους ἀσιάρχου Μιλησίων ἐπὶ Αἰλ(ίου) Θεμιστοκλέους ἀσιάρχου Μιλησίων
Translation under Aelius Themistokles, asiarch, of the Milesians
Reverse design to left, Artemis (Pythie) standing, facing, wearing kalathos, holding patera, bow and arrow; to left at her feet, stag standing, left; to right, nude Apollo Didymeus standing, left, holding stag and bow
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 38 mm
Average weight 26.28 g
Axis 6
Reference Roch XXI.1
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)
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