RPC IV.2, 2693 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 2693 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Miletus
Region Ionia
City Miletus
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Marcus Aurelius (Augustus)
Magistrate Publius Aelius Themistokles, son of Protoleon (asiarch)
Issue Marcus and Verus, co-emperors: Issue B
Dating 161–169
Obverse inscription Μ ΑΥΡ ΑΥ ΚΑΙ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ
Edition Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Αὔ(γουστος) Καῖ(σαρ) Ἀντωνῖνος
Translation Marcus Aurelius Augustus Caesar Antoninus
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Marcus Aurelius (long beard) wearing cuirass, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ΘΕΜΙϹΤΟΚΛΕΟΥϹ ΜΙΛΗϹΙ(ΩΝ)
Edition ἐπὶ Θεμιστοκλέους Μιλησίων
Translation under Themistokles of Miletus
Reverse design cult statue of nude Apollo Didymeus standing, left, holding stag and bow
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 10.44 g
Axis 6, 7
Reference Roch XXI.3, Temporini 354, no. II.2
Specimens 7 (2 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 1887 Temporini 354, no. II.2, pl. 76
2 2     B: 18292731, 1928 Bernhard-Imhoof
3 3     Tübingen SNG 3102
4 4     van der Dussen 24 (01/06/1995), 2829, illustrated = MünzZentrum 135 (10/01/2007), 240 = Gorny & Mosch 160 (09/10/2007), 1914
5 5     Balat: M81088 Baldus, Didyma 578 (not illustrated)
6 6     Balat: M96016 Baldus, Didyma 579 (not illustrated)
7 7     Balat: M81099 Baldus, Didyma 580 (not illustrated)