RPC IV.2, 2256 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 2256 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Miletus
Region Ionia
City Miletus
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Crispina (Augusta)
Magistrate Publius Aelius Protoleon, son of Themistokles (in office for the second time)
Issue Marcus Aurelius and Commodus, co-emperors
Dating c. 178–179
Obverse inscription ΚΡΙϹΠΕΙΝΑ ΑΥΓΟΥϹΤΑ
Edition Κρισπεῖνα Αὐγούστα
Translation Crispina Augusta
Obverse design draped bust of Crispina, right
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ΠΡΩΤΟΛΕΟΝΤΟϹ ΜΙΛΗϹΙΩΝ
Edition ἐπὶ Πρωτολέοντος Μιλησίων
Translation under Protoleon, of the Milesians
Reverse design Tyche standing, left, wearing kalathos, holding rudder and cornucopia
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 9.33 g
Axis 6
Reference Roch XXV.1
Specimens 3 (3 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ O
3 3     B: 18296080, 1847/8068 Wellenheim 6355 (under 'Aezani' and in the name of 'Protomachos') = Kraft, p. 191, pl. 92.13
4 4     NY: 1944.100.46602