RPC IV.2, 2764 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 2764 (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 ΜΙΛΗϹΙΩΝ
Edition ἐπὶ Θεμιστοκλέους Μιλησίων
Translation under Themistokles of Miletus
Reverse design Artemis (Pythie) standing, left, wearing kalathos, holding patera, bow and arrow; behind, stag standing, left
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 9.82 g
Axis 6
Reference Roch XXI.4, Temporini 354, no. II.1
Specimens 3 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ B: B-I
2 2     V: GR 17500 Temporini 354, no. II.1, pl. 76, both sides with signs of tooling
3 3     Balat