RPC IV.2, 2906 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 2906 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Apamea
Region Phrygia
City Eucarpia
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Marcus Aurelius (Caesar)
Magistrate Gaius Claudius Flaccus (epimeletes)
Dating c. 147–161, perhaps soon after 147
Obverse inscription Μ ΑΙΛ ΑΥΡ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ
Edition Μ(ᾶρκος) Αἴλ(ιος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Καῖσαρ
Translation Marcus Aelius Aurelius Caesar
Obverse design bare head of Marcus Aurelius (short beard?), right
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ Γ ΚΛ ΦΛΑΚΚΟΥ ΕΥΚΑΡΠΕΩΝ (Ρ shaped as Ϸ, some specimens with ΚΑ instead of ΚΛ)
Edition ἐπὶ Γ(αΐου) Κλ(αυδίου) Φλάκκου Εὐκαρπέων
Translation under Gaius Claudius Flaccus, of the Eucarpians
Reverse design cult statue of Cybele standing, facing, wearing kalathos, placing right hand on lion seated beside her
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 6.94 g
Axis 5, 6, 11
Specimens 9 (4 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1979-1-1-2215, ex private coll. H. von Aulock, not catalogued in vA
2 2     B: (Fox)
3 3     NY: 1975.36.1
4 4     Private collection H. I.
5 5     P: 1061
6 6     Private coll. C.S. Okray, Inv. 359 = Arslan & Lightfoot, no. 947
7 7     Kölner Münzkabinett 107 (07/10/2017), 206
8 8     Private coll. CGT, ex Gerhard Rohde
9 9     Boston: 63.1143