RPC IV.2, 2824 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 2824 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Pergamum
Region Lydia
City Hierocaesarea
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Marcus Aurelius (Augustus)
Magistrate Menodoros II (strategos)
Dating c. 169–175 (?)
Obverse inscription ΑΥ Κ Μ ΑΥΡΗΛΙΟϹ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρήλιος Ἀντωνῖνος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Marcus Aurelius (long beard with long curls) wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ϹΤΡΑ ΜΗΝΟΔΩΡΟΥ Β ΙΕΡΟΚΑΙ[ϹΑ]ΡΕΩΝ
Edition ἐπὶ στρα(τηγοῦ) Μηνοδώρου βʹ Ἱεροκαισαρέων
Translation under strategos Menodoros II, of the Hierocaesareans
Reverse design emperor galloping over foe with shield, right, wearing military dress, brandishing thunderbolt
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 37 mm
Axis 6
Reference Hochard 636
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 452 GRPCL Hierocaesarea 86 = Hochard 636a, pl. 32