RPC IV.2, 1592 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 1592 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Ephesus
Region Lydia
City Tralles
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Magistrate Publius (grammateus)
Issue Antoninus Pius Issue 2: Similar to Ephesian Issue 2
Dating c. 139–144
Obverse inscription ΤΙ ΑΙ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Antoninus Pius wearing paludamentum, right, seen from centre
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ΠΟΠΛΙΟΥ ΓΡΑΜ ΤΡΑΛΙΑΝ(sic)
Reverse design Dionysus and Apollo seated in car drawn by pantheress and goat, right; Dionysus holding long transverse thyrsus, Apollo playing lyre; on goat's back, Silenus(?) riding, playing double flute
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 37 mm
Axis 10, 11
Reference BMC 140, LS 177, no. 34
Specimens 8 (7 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: BMC 140, pl. XXXVI.7 GRPCL Tralles (formerly Seleukeia) 187
2 2     P: 1667 Wa 5430
3 3     B: I-B LS 177, no. 34, pl. VII.14 (rev.)
4 4     B: (Löbb)
5 5     NY: 1973.191.20
6 6     V: GR 19674, authenticity doubtful: cast?
7 7     O
8 8     Boston: 1986.677 Glendining 21/02/1961, coll. R.C. Lockett, 2918, pl. 30