RPC IV.2, 1724 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #9

 

Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 1724 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Sardis
Region Phrygia
City Ancyra
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Marcus Aurelius (Augustus)
Magistrate Lucius Clodius Demosthenes (archon)
Issue Marcus and Verus, co-emperors
Dating c. 161–165
Obverse inscription ΑΥ ΚΑΙ Μ ΑΥΡΗ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Marcus Aurelius (long beard with short curls) wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ Λ ΚΛΩ ΔΗΜοϹΘΕΝοΥϹ ΑΡΧ ΑΝΚΥΡΑΝΩΝ
Reverse design turreted Cybele seated, left, holding patera over lion, resting arm on tympanum
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Axis 5, 6, 7
Reference BMC 30, Cop 140
Specimens 26 (11 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: BMC 30
2 2     Cop: 140
3 3     Mu SNG 98
4 4     NY: 1944.100.49935
5 5     O
6 6     P: 349
7 7     P: 351 Wa 5643
8 8     B: ex coll. Sperling
9 9     ✸ B: 1914/740 Prowe III, 1877, part of lot, not illustrated
10 10     V: GR 30177
11 11     V: GR 30283
12 12     Bern: Righetti 1145
13 13     Lindgren I, 887
14 14     Lindgren I, A887A
15 15     Falghera 1050
16 16     Falghera 1051
17 17     Hauck & Aufhäuser 15 (21/03/2000), 342, pl. 10 = Helios Numismatik 5 (25/06/2010), 897
18 18     E.J. Waddell 1 (09/12/1982), 334, pl. 21
19 19     Schulten 20 (01/04/1987), 724
20 20     V-ON Leypold II, no. 1428 = G. Hirsch 169 (20/02/1991), 943, under 'Ancyra in Galatia'
21 21     Pecunem Numismatik Naumann 21 (07/09/2014), 423
22 22     Aufhäuser 6 (05/10/1989), 410 = Numismatik Naumann 56 (06/08/2017), 368
23 23     G. Hirsch 196 (24/09/1997), 763 = G. Hirsch 198 (11/02/1998), 606 = G. Hirsch 204 (05/05/1999), 692, reverse lightly double struck
24 24     Roma Numismatics Electronic Sale 26 (30/042/2016), 404
25 25     CNG Electronic Auction 352 (03/06/2015), 311
26 26     Private collection H. I.