RPC IV.2, 1373 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 1373 (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 ΕΥΓΕΝΕΤΟ(Ρ(Ο(Ϲ))) ΦΙΛΑΔΕΛ(ΦΕ(ΩΝ))
Reverse design shrine with two columns enclosing statue of nude and radiate-headed Helios advancing, right, wearing chlamys, carrying long transverse sceptre over shoulder, holding torch
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 30 mm
Axis 6, 12
Reference Hochard 1485-6, BMC 73
Specimens 10 (5 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: BMC 73, pl. XXII.10 (rev.) GRPCL Philadelphia 278 (only rev. illustrated)
2 2     ✸ P: 989 GRPCL Philadelphia 279 = Hochard 1486a, pl. 78
3 3     B: (Fox)
4 4     Mu SNG 423
5 5     V: GR 36102 Prowe III, 1526, pl. XXIV = GRPCL Philadelphia 275
6 6     Peus 366 (29/10/2000), coll. Marcel Burstein, 716, pl. 37 = Frank L. Kovacs 15 Mail Bid Sale (01/10/2003), 243 = Stack's Coin Galleries Apr. 2010 (28/04/2010), 248, ex. coll. C.C. Vermeule = Hochard 1485a, pl. 78, reverse legend obscure
7 7     Aberdeen: 310 GRPCL Philadelphia 277 (not illustrated)
8 8     Private coll. = GRPCL Philadelphia 276
9 9     G. Hirsch 84 (27/06/1973), 504
10 10     G. Hirsch 196 (24/09/1997), 763