RPC IV.2, 2235 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 2235 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Alabanda
Region Caria
City Aphrodisias
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Issue 'Pseudo-autonomous'
Dating c. 178–180
Obverse inscription ΕΙΕΡΑ(sic) ΒΟΥΛΗ
Edition {ε}ἰερἀ Βουλή
Translation sacred Council
Obverse design veiled and draped bust of the Boule, right
Reverse inscription ΑΦΡΟΔΕΙϹΙΕΩΝ
Edition Ἀφροδεισιέων
Translation of Aphrodisians
Reverse design nude Eros standing, facing, head, left, holding transverse torch with both hands to left
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 19 mm
Average weight 3.96 g
Axis 6
Reference MacDonald type 119 (O165, R300), BMC 37, Cop 88, GRMK 83, no. 5, Martin, Demos, Aphrodisias 15a-b$
Specimens 5 (3 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Cop: 88
2 2     ✸ L: BMC 37 MacDonald type 119, pl. XV (R300)
3 3     B: B-I GRMK 83, no. 5
4 4     Artemis Antiquities Catalogue 3 (c. 1974), 77
5 5     V-ON Leypold I, no. 801