RPC IV.2, 1536 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 1536 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Pergamum
Region Lydia
City Thyatira
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Marcus Aurelius (Augustus)
Issue Marcus and Verus, co-emperors
Dating c. 164–165
Obverse inscription ΑΥ ΚΑΙ Μ ΑΥ[ΡΗ]ΛΙ ΑΝΤΩΝ ΑΡΜ
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρήλι(ος) Ἀντων(εῖνος) Ἀρμ(ενιακός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Armeniacus
Obverse design bare-headed bust of Marcus Aurelius (long beard with short curls) wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right, seen from centre
Reverse inscription ΘΥΑΤΕΙΡΗΝΩΝ
Edition Θυατειρηνῶν
Translation of the Thyatirans
Reverse design nude Apollo-Tyrimnaios standing in galloping quadriga, left, wearing radiate crown, holding laurel-branch and double axe; below horses, river-god (Lykos) reclining, right, holding reed, resting on water-urn
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 39 mm
Average weight 35.39 g
Axis 12
Reference Hochard 2404Cop 599
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Cop: 599 GRPCL Thyateira 196 = Hochard 2404a, pl. 141
2 2     Florence: Inv. 35726/8 S. Bani, M. Benci and A. Vanni, I Medaglioni Provinciali e i Contorniati Romani nelle raccolte del Monetiere del Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Firenze. Vol. II (Florence, 2012), 41, no. 33