RPC IV.2, 1904 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 1904 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Apamea
Region Phrygia
City Lysias
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Marcus Aurelius (Augustus)
Magistrate Flavius Attalos
Issue Marcus Aurelius and Commodus, co-emperors
Dating c. 177–179
Obverse inscription ΑΥ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ Μ ΑΥ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Καῖσαρ Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐ(ρήλιος) Ἀντωνῖνος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Marcus Aurelius (thin face with very long beard) wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ΦΛ(Α) ΑΤΤΑΛΟΥ ΛΥϹΙΑΔΕΩΝ
Edition ἐπὶ Φλα(ουίου) Ἀττάλου Λυσιαδέων
Translation under Flavius Attalos, of the Lysians
Reverse design Cybele seated, left, wearing kalathos, holding patera over lion, resting arm on tympanum
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 30 mm
Average weight 10.94 g
Axis 6
Reference vA Phryg. II, 629–32
Specimens 6 (3 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 1644 Wa 6329 = vA Phryg. II, 629, pl. 20
2 2     L: 1970-9-9-126 vA Phryg. II, 630, pl. 20 (rev.)
3 3     L: 1922-3-11-1
4 4     Gotha
5 5     Private coll. CGT = Savoca Numismatik
6 6     Münzen & Medaillen Deutschland 16 (19/05/2005), coll. J.-P. Righetti, 570