RPC IV.2, 1725 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 1725 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Sardis
Region Phrygia
City Ancyra
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Marcus Aurelius (Augustus)
Magistrate Menodoros II the Younger (archon)
Issue Marcus and Verus, co-emperors
Dating c. 166–169
Obverse inscription ΑΥ ΚΑΙ Μ ΑΥΡΗ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝοϹ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Ἀντωνῖνος Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρή(λιος) Ἀντωνῖνος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Marcus Aurelius (long beard with long curls) wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ΜΗΝοΔΩΡοΥ Β ΝΕ ΑΡΧ ΑΝΚΥΡΑΝΩΝ
Edition ἐπὶ Μηνοδώρου βʹ νεωτέρου ἄρχοντος Ἀνκυρανῶν ἐπὶ Μηνοδώρου βʹ νε(ωτέρου) ἄρχ(οντος) Ἀνκυρανῶν
Translation under Menodoros II the Younger, archon, of the Ancyrans
Reverse design turreted Cybele seated, left, holding patera over lion, resting arm on tympanum
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Average weight 12.80 g
Axis 6, 12
Reference BMC 31, Cop 141
Specimens 14 (6 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: BMC 31
2 2     L: 1979-1-1-2140 vA 3435
3 3     P: 348
4 4     B: (Löbb)
5 5     C: Leake 7420, Suppl., p. 16.2, obverse as 'Caracalla', ex Waddington 234
6 6     Cop: 141
7 7     Private collection H. I. = CNG Electronic Auction 206 (11/03/2009), 263
8 8     Numismatik Naumann 44 (07/06/2016), 660
9 9     MünzZentrum 71 (03/06/1991), 358
10 10     Pecunem Numismatik Naumann 32 (07/06/2015), 337
11 11     Jean Elsen 117 (15/06/2013), 401
12 12     G. Hirsch 186 (10/05/1995), 1093
13 13     ✸ Private coll. CGT = Pecunem Numismatik Naumann 14 (02/03/2014), 494
14 14     MünzZentrum 56 (09/11/1985), 263 = Schulten 22 (11/04/1988), 499, misreading name of 'magistrate' as 'ΜΗΝΟΔΩΤΟΥ' = Münzen & Medaillen Deutschland 16 (19/05/2005), coll. J.-P. Righetti, 437 = CNG Electronic Auction 224 (16/12/2009), 412, both sides slightly tooled