RPC IV.2, 1396 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 1396 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Sardis
Region Lydia
City Saitta
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Crispina (Augusta)
Issue Crispina: Without personal name but perhaps part of the issue of Octavius Artemidoros, first archon
Dating c. 178–183, perhaps c. 179–180
Obverse inscription ΚΡΙϹΠΙΝΑ ϹΕΒΑϹΤΗ
Edition Κρισπίνα Σεβαστή
Translation Crispina Augusta
Obverse design draped bust of Crispina, right
Reverse inscription ϹΑΙΤΤΗΝωΝ
Edition Σαϊττηνῶν
Translation of the Saittians
Reverse design nude Apollo standing, facing, head, left, crossing legs, holding laurel-branch, resting arm on column over which hangs drapery
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 18 mm
Average weight 3.47 g
Axis 6
Reference Hochard 1684, BMC 40
Specimens 19 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: BMC 40
2 2     B: I-B
3 3     vA 3096 = Hochard 1684c, pl. 90
4 4     Lindgren III, 508
5 5     G. Hirsch 154 (13/05/1987), 514 = Schulten 21 (20/10/1987), 621 = MünzZentrum 63 (13/04/1988), 1309
6 6     Lanz 106 (26/11/2001), 512, pl. 25
7 7     Private coll. Krengel, Berlin
8 8     Aufhäuser 13 (07/10/1997), 400
9 9     MünzZentrum 117 (10/09/2003), 174
10 10     Numismatik Naumann 52 (02/04/2017), 1222 = GRPCL Saitta 82
11 11     Pecunem Numismatik Naumann 31 (03/05/2015), 370
12 12     Numismatik Naumann 52 (02/04/2017), 1223
13 13     Gorny & Mosch 142 (10/10/2005), 1984 = Heidelberger Münzhandlung Herbert Grün 64 (20/11/ 2014), 2044
14 14     H.D. Rauch 68 (05/11/2001), 477
15 15     Helios Numismatik 5 (25/06/2010), 832
16 16     Private coll. CGT, ex Gitbud & Naumann
17 17     Private coll. CGT, ex Gerhard Rohde
18 18     V-ON Leypold I, no. 1159
19 19     Private collection H. I.