RPC IV.2, 1382 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 1382 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Philadelphia
Region Lydia
City Philadelphia
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Magistrate Ladi(kos?) Severus (archon)
Issue Marcus and Verus, co-emperors
Dating c. 161–165
Obverse inscription ΙΕΡΑ ϹΥΝΚΛΗΤοϹ
Obverse design draped bust of the Senate (youthful), right
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ Λ(ΑΔΙ(Ο)) ϹΕΒΗΡΟΥ (ΑΡΧ(Ο)) ΦΙΛΑΔΕΛΦΕΩ(Ν)
Reverse design shrine with two spiral columns enclosing statue of nude Aphrodite standing, facing, head, left, covering her breasts with left hand and pudenda with right hand
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Axis 6
Reference Hochard 1603-5, LS 124, no. 37, Cop 354
Specimens 7 (3 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: I-B LS 124, no. 37, pl. V.14 (rev.) = Hochard 1604a, pl. 86
2 2     Cop: 354 Hochard 1603a, pl. 86; but, contra Hochard, not from the same obverse die (Hochard 'D167') as P 933 = Hochard 1602a, pl. 86 of the Trajanic archon Niger (cf. RPC III, 2380).
3 3     ✸ P: 953 Wa 5132 = GRPCL Philadelphia 77 = Hochard 1605a, pl. 86, reverse with traces of tooling
4 4     Gorny & Mosch 118 (15/10/2002), 1748
5 5     Hauck & Aufhäuser 21 (17/03/2009), 174
6 6     GRPCL Philadelphia 75
7 7     GRPCL Philadelphia 76, perhaps with additional reverse legend variation