RPC IV.2, 1332 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #7

 

Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 1332 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Smyrna
Region Lydia
City Magnesia ad Sipylum
Reign Commodus
Person (obv.) Crispina (Augusta)
Magistrate Aelius Attikos Quadratus (strategos)
Dating c. 180–182
Obverse inscription ΚΡΙϹΠΕΙΝΑ ϹΕΒΑϹΤ(Η) (Αs may be shaped as Λs)
Obverse design draped bust of Crispina, right
Reverse inscription ϹΤΡΑ ΑΙ ΚοΔΡΑ ΜΑΓΝΗΤ ϹΙΠΥΛο
Reverse design temple with four columns enclosing statue of turreted Cybele standing, left, holding patera in right hand and tympanum at shoulder; between two seated lions
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Axis 6, 7, 12
Reference Hochard 1084, BMC 61–2
Specimens 15 (10 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: BMC 61, pl. XVI.7 (rev.) Hochard 1084j, pl. 55
2 2     L: BMC 62
3 3     P: 685 GRPCL Magnesia ad Sipylum 153 = Hochard 1084e, pl. 55
4 4     P: no number, under 'Unidentified'
5 5     C: Lewis 1424
6 6     C: Lewis 1425, not illustrated
7 7     ✸ Mu SNG 271 = GRPCL Magnesia ad Sipylum 154
8 8     NY: 1971.279.51 Hochard 1084h, pl. 55
9 9     V: GR 30146 GRPCL Magnesia ad Sipylum 155 = Hochard 1084a, pl. 55
10 10     B: Löbb
11 11     Tübingen: coll. Hommel SNG 3713 = Hochard 1084b, pl. 55
12 12     Naville Numismatics 25 (25/09/2016), 241, perhaps with additional reverse legend variation
13 13     SNG Tatış I, no. 579, reverse legend with СΙΠΛοV(sic)
14 14     Freiburg: 13769
15 15     GRPCL Magnesia ad Sipylum 152