RPC IV.2, 285 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 285 (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 Κ Μ ΑΥ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐ(ρήλιος) 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 centre
Reverse inscription ΑΤΤΑΛΟϹ ϹΟΦΙϹΤΗϹ ΤΑΙϹ ΠΑΤΡΙϹΙ ϹΜΥΡ ΛΑΟ(Δ)
Edition Ἄτταλος σοφιστής ταῖς πατρίσι Σμυρ(ναίων) Λαοδ(ικέων)
Translation Attalos the sophist to the fatherlands of the Smyrnaeans and Laodiceans
Reverse design to left, Zeus of Laodicea standing, right, holding (long transverse sceptre and) eagle; to right, the two Nemeses of Smyrna standing, facing each other, each plucking chiton, left one holding bridle, right one holding cubit rule
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Average weight 23.96 g
Axis 6, 12
Reference Klose LXXIX, Serie E, 2–3, BMC 514
Specimens 9 (7 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     V: GR 19910
2 2     V: GR 30998
3 3     B: (Löbb)
4 4     B: 7042 Klose LXXIX, Serie E, 2, pl. 58 (R2)
5 5     J. Hirsch 13 (15/05/1905), coll. Rhousopoulos, 3798, pl. XXXXII
6 6     Mu: 351
7 7     ✸ P: 2574 Klose LXXIX, Serie E, 3, pl. 58 (R3), on reverse, Zeus with transverse sceptre
8 8     L: BMC 514 on reverse, Zeus with transverse sceptre
9 9     Freiburg: 12625