RPC IV.2, 1188 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 1188 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Sardis
Region Lydia
City Blaundus
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Marcus Aurelius (Augustus)
Magistrate Claudius Valerianus (strategos)
Issue Marcus Aurelius
Dating c. 166–169
Obverse inscription ΑΥ ΚΑΙ Μ ΑΥ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐ(ρήλιος) Ἀντωνῖνος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
Obverse design laureate head of Marcus Aurelius (long beard with long curls), right
Reverse inscription Ϲ ΚΛ Β ΒΛΑΥΝΔΕΩΝ ΜΑΚΕΔΟΝ (Δ with long serifs)
Edition σ(τρατηγοῦ) Κλ(αυδίου) Β(αλεριανοῦ) Βλαυνδέων Μακεδόν(ων)
Translation of the strategos Claudius Valerianus, of the Macedonian Blaundians
Reverse design nude Heracles standing, right, brandishing club, placing left knee and left hand on Nemean lion seated, right, raising left forepaw
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 32 mm
Average weight 14.80 g
Axis 6
Reference Matern 53, LS 51, no. 9
Specimens 2 (0 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Amsterdam LS 51, no. 9 = GRPCL Blaundos 113
2 2     Fritz Rudolf Künker 20 (30/09/1991), 618, under 'Attaea?' = MünzZentrum 73 (22/04/1992), 996