RPC IV.2, 1974 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #4

 

Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 1974 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Synnada
Region Phrygia
City Docimeum
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Marcus Aurelius (Augustus)
Issue Marcus and Verus, co-emperors
Dating c. 163–165
Obverse inscription ΑΥ ΚΑΙ Μ ΑΥ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Marcus Aurelius (long beard with short curls) wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right, seen from centre
Reverse inscription ΔΟΚΙΜΕΩΝ ΜΑΚΕΔΟΝΩΝ
Reverse design turreted Cybele seated sideways on lion, right, holding sceptre and tympanum
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 30 mm
Axis 6
Reference BMC 21
Specimens 9 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: BMC 21
2 2     vA 3549
3 3     P: 988
4 4     ✸ MMAG 41 (18/06/1970), 460, pl. 27 = Frank Sternberg 21 (14/11/1988), 437 = CNG 90 (23/05/2012), 1046
5 5     Roma Numismatics Electronic Sale 39 (26/08/2017), 443
6 6     Numismatic Fine Arts 31 (18/03/1993), 624
7 7     V-ON Leypold II, no. 1492 = Gorny 62 (20/04/1993), 479, obverse double struck
8 8     Fritz Rudolf Künker 153 (14/03/2009), 8766 = Heidelberger Münzhandlung Herbert Grün 64 (20/11/2014), 2067
9 9     Boston: 64.1179 ex private coll. H. von Aulock, not catalogued in vA