RPC IV.2, 1832 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 1832 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Cibyra
Region Phrygia
City Ceretapa Diocaesarea
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Marcus Aurelius (Caesar)
Issue Marcus Aurelius as Caesar Issue A (»Southern Workshop, 138–80«)
Dating c. 139–146
Obverse inscription ΑΥΡΗΛΙΟϹ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ (second Ρ shaped as Ι)
Edition Αὐρήλιος Καῖσαρ
Translation Aurelius Caesar
Obverse design bare-headed bust of Marcus Aurelius (youthful - lightly bearded) wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right, seen from centre
Reverse inscription ΚΕΡΕΤΑΠΕΩΝ ΔΙΟΚΑΙϹΑΡΕΩΝ (Αs might be shaped as Λs and Ρs as Ι)
Edition Κερεταπέων Διοκαισαρέων
Translation of the Ceretapaeans of Diocaesarea
Reverse design to left, nude Heracles (youthful) standing, facing, head, right, wearing lion-scalp, resting arm on club, holding lion skin; to right, Zeus standing, left, holding eagle and long sceptre
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 38 mm
Average weight 27.54 g
Axis 12
Reference vA Phryg. I, 487–8
Specimens 4 (2 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     Mu SNG 277 = vA 8392 = Kraft, p. 64 = vA Phryg. I, 487, pl. 14
2 2     B: I-B KM 250, no. 1 = Robert, Villes, p. 325, n. 7, pl. XXXV.7 = vA Phryg. I, 488, pl. 14 (rev.), rev. legend with signs of tooling
3 3     Numismatik Naumann 45 (03/07/2016), 496 = Numismatik Naumann 58 (01/10/2017), 334
4 4     ✸ CNG Electronic Auction 230 (24/03/2010), 207