RPC IV.2, 1370 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 1370 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Philadelphia
Region Lydia
City Philadelphia
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Marcus Aurelius (Augustus)
Magistrate Publius Caecilius Kleon (first archon)
Dating c. 177–179
Obverse inscription ΑΥ ΚΑΙ Μ ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝοϹ (Ω shaped as closed ∩)
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Marcus Aurelius (thin face with very long beard) wearing cuirass with traces of drapery, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ Π ΚΑΙΚΙ ΚΛΕΩΝοϹ ΑΡΧ Α ΦΙΛΑΔΕΛΦΕΩΝ (Φs shaped as ·|·, Ωs as closed ∩)
Reverse design temple with four columns and rounded pediment enclosing statue of Artemis of Ephesus, standing, facing, wearing kalathos, having supports
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 36 mm
Axis 6, 12
Reference Hochard 1480
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1979-1-1-2008 vA 3077 = GRPCL Philadelphia 282 = Hochard 1480a, pl. 78
2 2     Private coll. CGT = van der Dussen 24 (01/06/1995), 2902, illustrated = Gerhard Rohde