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 Menek[ratous?] (first strategos for the second time)
Issue Commodus
Dating c. 179–180
Obverse inscription ΚΡΙϹΠ(Ε)ΙΝΑ ϹΕΒΑϹΤΗ
Obverse design draped bust of Crispina, right
Reverse inscription (ΕΠΙ) ΑΠοΛΛΩΝΙοΥ ΜΕΝΕΚ ϹΤΡΑ Το Β Α ΥΠΑΙΠΗΝΩΝ
Reverse design cult statue of Artemis Anaïtis standing, facing, wearing kalathos, extending hands
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 23 mm
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