RPC IV.2, 1334 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 1334 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Smyrna
Region Lydia
City Magnesia ad Sipylum
Reign Commodus
Person (obv.) Crispina (Augusta)
Issue Crispina: without personal name but (broadly) contemporary with the issue of Aelius Attikos Quadratus, strategos
Dating c. 180–182
Obverse inscription ΚΡΙϹΠΕΙΝΑ ϹΕΒΑϹΤΗ
Edition Κρισπεῖνα Σεβαστή
Translation Crispina Augusta
Obverse design draped bust of Crispina, right
Reverse inscription ΜΑΓΝΗΤΩ ϹΙΠΥΛο
Edition Μαγνήτω(ν) Σιπύλο(υ)
Translation of the Magnetes at Sipylum
Reverse design river-god (Hermos) reclining, left, holding long reed, resting on water-urn
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 20 mm
Average weight 4.56 g
Axis 6, 12
Reference Hochard 1082
Specimens 8 (5 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1975-4-11-16 Weber 6844
1 1     Private coll. CGT, ex Savoca Numismatik, reverse legend unclear: either garbled or tooled or from different mint
2 2     ✸ P: 686 GRPCL Magnesia ad Sipylum 158 = Hochard 1082a, pl. 55
3 3     B: I-B
4 4     C: Lewis 1426
5 5     Mu SNG 273
6 6     Private coll. CGT = Paul-Francis Jacquier 16 (Autumn 1994), 339 = Helios Numismatik 3 (29/04/2009), 479 = GRPCL Magnesia ad Sipylum 157
7 7     Private coll. Yothr