RPC IV.2, 1290 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 1290 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Ephesus
Region Lydia
City Hypaepa
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Crispina (Augusta)
Magistrate Apollonios, son of Menekrates (first strategos for the second time)
Issue Commodus
Dating c. 179–180
Obverse inscription ΚΡΙϹΠ(Ε)ΙΝΑ ϹΕΒΑϹΤΗ
Edition Κρισπεῖνα Σεβαστή
Translation Crispina Augusta
Obverse design draped bust of Crispina, right
Reverse inscription (ΕΠΙ) ΑΠοΛΛΩΝΙοΥ ΜΕΝΕΚ ϹΤΡΑ Το Β Α ΥΠΑΙΠΗΝΩΝ
Edition ἐπὶ Ἀπολλωνίου Μενεκ(ράτους) στρα(τηγοῦ) τὸ βʹ αʹ Ὑπαιπηνῶν
Translation under Apollonios, son of Menekrates, first strategos for the second time, of the Hypaepans
Reverse design cult statue of Artemis Anaïtis standing, facing, wearing kalathos, extending hands
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 6.66 g
Axis 5, 6, 12
Reference Hochard 777–8, BMC 27
Specimens 8 (4 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: BMC 27, reverse legend with with additional variation ΑΠΟΛΛΟΝΙΟV(sic) Hochard 778a (not illustrated)
2 2     Private coll. = D. Klose, MDAI(I) 34 (1984), 410, no. 3, pl. 75.3
3 3     P: 487 GRPCL Hypaepa 162 = Hochard 777b, pl. 39
4 4     P: 488 Wa 5019 = GRPCL Hypaepa 163
5 5     B: (Fox) Hochard 777a, pl. 39
6 6     ✸ Ex private coll. R. Pudill, sold as part of lot by Fritz Rudolf Künker 288 (13/03/2017)
7 7     Ödemiş: Inv. 8459 SNG Turkey 7.I, no. 322 = GRPCL Hypaepa 164
8 8     Gorny & Mosch 156 (05/03/2007), 1773 = Lanz 138 (26/11/2007), 710