RPC IV.2, 1744 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 1744 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Pergamum
Region Lydia
City Hierocaesarea
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Marcus Aurelius (Augustus)
Issue Marcus and Verus, co-emperors: Single issue?
Dating c. 163–165 (?)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤΟ ΚΑΙ Μ ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ
Edition Αὐτο(κράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Ἀντωνεῖνος Σεβ(αστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus
Obverse design bare head of Marcus Aurelius (long beard with short curls) with traces of drapery, right
Reverse inscription ΙΕΡΟΚΑΙϹΑΡΕΩΝ
Edition Ἱεροκαισαρέων
Translation of the Hierocaesareans
Reverse design Perseus advancing, right, wearing military dress, holding harpa and Medusa-head
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 35 mm
Average weight 23.87 g
Axis 6
Reference Hochard 635
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1979-1-1-1981, ex private coll. H. von Aulock, not catalogued in vA
2 2     ✸ Yale: 2004.6.288, ex PRF Frank Sternberg 24 (19/11/1990), 347 = GRPCL Hierocaesarea 89 = Hochard 635a, pl. 32, obverse lightly double struck