RPC IV.2, 1194 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 1194 (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 ϹΤΡ ΚΛ ΒΑΛΕΡΙΑΝΟΥ ΒΛΑΥΝΔΕΩΝ (Δ with long serifs)
Edition στρ(ατηγοῦ) Κλ(αυδίου) Βαλεριανοῦ Βλαυνδέων
Translation of the strategos Claudius Valerianus, of the Blaundians
Reverse design Apollo-Tyrimnaios on horseback, right, holding patera, carrying double axe over shoulder
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 31 mm
Average weight 15.83 g
Axis 6
Reference Matern 54, BMC 76
Specimens 8 (6 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: BMC 76, pl. V.12 (rev.)
2 2     ✸ P: 188
3 3     P: 189
4 4     NY: 1944.100.48913
5 5     B: B-I
6 6     V: GR 37376
7 7     V-ON Leypold I, no. 922
8 8     Numismatik Naumann 52 (02/04/2017), 967 = GRPCL Blaundos 112