RPC IV.2, 287 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 287 (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
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, Zeus of Laodicea standing, right, holding long transverse sceptre and eagle; to right, Zeus Akraios seated, left, holding Nike and long sceptre
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 36 mm
Average weight 24.71 g
Axis 6
Reference Klose LXXIX, Serie E, 5–7, BMC 511, Cop 1432
Specimens 16 (8 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Tübingen SNG 3228 = Klose LXXIX, Serie E, 5, pl. 58 (R5)
2 2     St Petersburg: 15733
3 3     Cop: 1432
4 4     Lyon
5 5     Rome: 109073, ex coll. De Sanctis Weber 6192
6 6     B: I-B
7 7     L: BMC 511
8 8     V: GR 17796
9 9     ✸ P: 2570 Klose LXXIX, Serie E, 6, pl. 58 (R6)
10 10     C: Leake 2515, Asiatic Greece, p. 121.7, ex Waddington?
11 11     P: Delepierre 83
12 12     Boston: 63.1111
13 13     B Klose LXXIX, Serie E, 7, pl. 58 (R7)
14 14     vA 2244
15 15     Numismatica Ars Classica 100 (29/05/2017), 1232, both sides with traces of tooling
16 16     V-ON Leypold II, no. 757.1