RPC IV.2, 288 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 288 (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 ϹΟΦΙϹ(Τ(ΗϹ)) 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, turreted Cybele seated, left, holding patera over lion, resting arm on tympanum
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 35 mm
Average weight 24.64 g
Axis 6, 7
Reference Klose LXXIX, Serie E, 8–14, BMC 512–13
Specimens 27 (15 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 2571 Klose LXXIX, Serie E, 8, pl. 58 (R8)
2 2     B: (Fox)
3 3     B: I-B
4 4     L: 1979-1-1-1801 vA 2243
5 5     L: BMC 512 Klose LXXIX, Serie E, 9, pl. 58 (R9)
6 6     V: GR 17795 Klose LXXIX, Serie E, 10, pl. 58 (R10), tooled
7 7     L: BMC 513 Klose LXXIX, Serie E, 11, pl. 58 (R11)
8 8     B: 4740
9 9     C: Leake 7845, Suppl., p. 64.3, obverse as 'Caracalla'
10 10     NY: 1944.100.47099 Prowe III, 1058, pl. XVIII, ex coll. Rogers
11 11     L Klose LXXIX, Serie E, 12, pl. 58 (R12)
12 12     Rome: 112094 Klose LXXIX, Serie E, 13, pl. 58 (R13)
13 13     Mu: 350
14 14     V: GR 19911
15 15     P: 2572 Klose LXXIX, Serie E, 14, pl. 58 (R14)
16 16     C McClean III, 8307, pl. 288.7
17 17     G. Hirsch 183 (20/09/1994), 1218 = CNG Electronic Auction 336 (08/10/2014), 176
18 18     G. Hirsch 205 (22/09/1999), 863
19 19     van der Dussen 24 (01/06/1995), 2839, illustrated
20 20     CNG Electronic Auction 413 (31/01/2018), 252
21 21     MünzZentrum 73 (22/04/1992), 130
22 22     CNG Electronic Auction 352 (03/06/2015), 302
23 23     G. Hirsch 191 (24/09/1996), 1148 = Heidelberger Münzhandlung Herbert Grün 53 (20/05/2010), 200 = Heidelberger Münzhandlung Herbert Grün 54 (16/11/2010), 137
24 24     Private coll. CGT = Fritz Rudolf Künker 27 (27/03/1994), 559 = CNG Electronic Auction 266 (19/10/2011), 239
26 26     CNG Electronic Auction 367 (27/01/2016), 360
27 27     Gorny & Mosch 181 (12/10/2009), 1779 = Fritz Rudolf Künker 193 (26/09/2011), 784
28 28     Private collection H. I. = Schulten 27 (15/10/1990), 723 = MünzZentrum 71 (03/06/1991), 296