RPC IV.2, 284 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 284 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Smyrna
Region Ionia
City Smyrna
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Marcus Aurelius (Augustus)
Magistrate Publius Claudius Attalos the sophist
Alliance with Laodicea ad Lycum
Dating c. 169–175
Obverse inscription ΑΥ ΚΑΙ ΜΑ ΑΥΡΗ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Μᾶ(ρκος) Αὐρή(λιος) Ἀντωνῖνος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Marcus Aurelius (long beard with long curls) wearing cuirass, left, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΑΤΤΑΛΟϹ ϹΟΦΙϹΤΗϹ ΤΑΙϹ ΠΑΤΡΙϹΙ ϹΜΥΡ ΛΑΟ
Edition Ἄτταλος σοφιστής ταῖς πατρίσι Σμυρ(ναίων) Λαο(δικέων)
Translation Attalos the sophist to the fatherlands of the Smyrnaeans and Laodiceans
Reverse design to left, the two Nemeses of Smyrna standing, facing each other, each plucking chiton, left one holding bridle, right one holding cubit rule; to right, Zeus of Laodicea standing, left, holding eagle and sceptre
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 42 mm
Average weight 49.76 g
Axis 5, 6
Reference Klose LXXIX, Serie D, 1
Specimens 3 (0 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Tübingen SNG 3230 = Klose LXXIX, Serie D, 1, pl. 58 (V5, R1)
2 2     ✸ Mabbott 1618, illustrated = Glendining's Sale (07/04/1971), 301 = CNG 45 (18/03/1998), 860 = CNG 69 (08/06/2005), 995 = Kraft, p. 64, both sides slightly tooled
3 3     Verona: 72772 SNG 1572