RPC IV.2, 2107 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 2107 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Cibyra
Region Phrygia
City Laodicea ad Lycum
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Marcus Aurelius (Augustus)
Alliance with Smyrna
Issue Marcus Aurelius and Faustina II with hairstlye Fittschen 7
Dating c. 169–176
Obverse inscription ΑΥ ΚΑΙ ΜΑΡ ΑΥ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝοϹ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Ἀντωνῖνος Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Μᾶρ(κος) Αὐ(ρήλιος) Ἀντωνῖνος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
Obverse design laureate head of Marcus Aurelius (long beard with long curls), right
Reverse inscription ΛΑοΔΙΚΕΩΝ ϹΜΥΡΝΑΙΩΝ ΟΜΟΝΟΙΑ
Edition Λαοδικέων Σμυρναίων ὁμόνοια Λαοδικέων Σμυρναίων ὁμόνοια
Translation concord of the Laodiceans and Smyrnaeans
Reverse design in centre, Zeus (Laodiceus) standing, left, holding eagle and long sceptre; between the two Nemeses of Smyrna standing, each plucking chiton from breast, left one holding bridle(?), right one holding cubit rule
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 39 mm
Average weight 25.06 g
Axis 6
Reference Franke & Nollé 1225–7 and 1224 corr., BMC 275
Specimens 6 (2 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: BMC 275, pl. LIII.4 (rev.) Franke & Nollé 1225, pl. 56 (obv.)
2 2     B: Löbb
3 3     Bern: Righetti 1205 Franke & Nollé 1224, obverse inscription as 'ΑΥ ΚΑΙ Μ ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ'
4 4     Triton 3 (30/11/1990), 776 = CNG 27 (29/09/1993), 1222
5 5     Private coll. CGT, worn, reverse legend obscure
6 6     Private coll. Schlüter = Bank Leu 1 (19/10/1971), 379 = Franke & Nollé 1227, pl. 56 (rev.)