RPC IV.2, 1285 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 1285 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Ephesus
Region Lydia
City Hypaepa
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Marcus Aurelius (Augustus)
Magistrate Gouras IV (first strategos for the second time)
Dating c. 169–175
Obverse inscription ΑΥ Κ Μ ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Ἀντωνῖνος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
Obverse design laureate head of Marcus Aurelius (long beard with long curls), right
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ΓοΥΡΑ Δ ϹΤΡΑ ΤΟ Β Α ΥΠΑΙΠΗΝΩ (Δ with long serifs)
Edition ἐπὶ Γούρα δ' στρα(τηγοῦ) τὸ β' α' Ὑπαιπηνῶ(ν)
Translation under Gouras IV, first strategos for the second time, of the Hypaepans
Reverse design turreted Cybele seated, left, holding patera, resting arm on tympanum
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 32 mm
Average weight 13.82 g
Axis 6
Reference Hochard 753, Altınoluk 58$, A. Geissen, EA 7 (1986), pp. 115–16, BMC 24 corr.
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: BMC 24, slightly misreading the name of the 'magistrate' Hochard 753a, pl. 38
2 2     ✸ Cologne A. Geissen, EA 7 (1986), 116, no. 3E, pl. 18.5 = GRPCL Hypaepa 135