RPC IV.2, 1593 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 1593 (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 cuirass and paludamentum, left, seen from front (or rear)
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ΠΟΠΛΙΟΥ ΓΡΑΜ(ΜΑ[?) ΤΡΑΛΙΑΝΩΝ(sic)
Reverse design veiled Io seated in hooded chariot with two wheels drawn by two hump-backed bulls, right; behind, nude Hermes advancing, right, head, left, leading bulls
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 35 mm
Axis 1, 6, 12
Reference BMC 141
Specimens 5 (3 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: BMC 141
2 2     P: 1665
3 3     NY: 1953.171.676
4 4     ✸ Aufhäuser 6 (05/10/1989), 393 = MünzZentrum 70 (05/12/1990), 342 = Helios Numismatik 5 (25/06/2010), 879
5 5     GRPCL Tralles (formerly Seleukeia) 200