RPC IV.2, 1371 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #5

 

Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 1371 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Philadelphia
Region Lydia
City Philadelphia
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Marcus Aurelius (Augustus)
Magistrate Eugenetor
Dating c. 169–176
Obverse inscription ΑΥ Κ Μ ΑΥ(Ρ) ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ (or ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝoϹ)
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Marcus Aurelius (long beard with long curls) wearing cuirass, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ΕΥΓΕΝΕΤΟΡΟϹ ΦΙΛΑΔΕΛΦ(Ε)ΩΝ (or ΦΙΛΑΔΕΛΦΕΩΝ)
Reverse design shrine with two spiral columns enclosing statue of nude Aphrodite standing, facing, head, left; covering pudenda with right hand and her breasts with left hand; (to right at her feet, dolphin)
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 31 mm
Axis 6, 7
Reference Hochard 1483-4, BMC 72, LS 124, no. 38–9
Specimens 17 (9 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: BMC 72, pl. XXII.9 (rev.)
2 2     C: Lewis 1531 Hochard 1484b, pl. 78
3 3     P: 990
4 4     P: 991 Hochard 1484f, pl. 78
5 5     ✸ P: 992 GRPCL Philadelphia 271
6 6     B: I-B LS 124, no. 38
7 7     B: I-B LS 124, no. 39, reverse legend with ligature ΦΙΛΑΔƐΛΦƐ{ΩΝ}
8 8     Mu SNG 422 = GRPCL Philadelphia 274 = Hochard 1483d, pl. 78, reverse legend with ΦΙΛΑΔƐΛΦΩΝ(sic)
9 9     NY: 1944.100.49356
10 10     Weber 6886
11 11     Falghera 1046 = Hochard 1483b, pl. 78
12 12     Niggeler 628, pl. 5
13 13     Private coll. CGT = Pecunem Numismatik Naumann 26 (14/12/2014), 382 = GRPCL Philadelphia 273
14 14     Private coll. = Hauck & Aufhäuser 20 (16/10/2007), 329
15 15     Fritz Rudolf Künker 304 (19/03/2018), 1194 = GRPCL Philadelphia 272
16 16     Gorny & Mosch 126 (13/10/2003), 1838 = Stack's Coin Galleries Apr. 2010 (28/04/2010), 247, ex coll. C.C. Vermeule = Hochard 1484a, pl. 78
17 17     Manisa: 08060 Önder 201