RPC IV.2, 309 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 309 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Smyrna
Region Ionia
City Smyrna
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Crispina (Augusta)
Magistrate Marcus Sellius (strategos)
Alliance with Nicomedia
Issue Marcus and Commodus, co-emperors
Dating c. 178–179
Obverse inscription ΚΡΙϹΠΙΝΑ ϹΕΒΑϹΤΗ
Edition Κρισπίνα Σεβαστή
Translation Crispina Augusta
Obverse design draped bust of Crispina, right
Reverse inscription ϹΤΡ Μ ϹΕΛΛΙΟΥ ΟΜΟ ϹΜΥΡ ΝΕΙΚΟΜ
Edition στρ(ατηγοῦ) Μ(άρκου) Σελλίου ὁμό(νοια) Σμυρ(ναίων) Νεικομ(ηδέων)
Translation of the strategos Marcus Sellius, concord of the Smyrnaeans and Nicomedians
Reverse design Demeter standing, left, holding ears of corn and long torch
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 8.98 g
Axis 5, 6, 7, 12
Reference Klose LXXXII, Serie A, 9–13, Franke & Nollé 2019–39, BMC 496–8, Cop 1425
Specimens 32 (20 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     A: 5493, ex coll. Postolakas
2 2     Rome: 111107, ex coll. De Sanctis
3 3     Cop: 1425 Kraft, p. 190
4 4     A: 5492, ex coll. Postolakas Klose LXXXII, Serie A, 9, pl. 61 (R8) = Franke & Nollé 2020, pl. 91 (rev.)
5 5     C McClean III, 8336, pl. 290.2
6 6     O Klose LXXXII, Serie A, 10, pl. 61 (R9) = Franke & Nollé 2024, pl. 91 (rev.)
7 7     Stuttgart Klose LXXXII, Serie A, 11, pl. 61 (R10) = Franke & Nollé 2025, pl. 91 (rev.)
8 8     V: GR 17812
9 9     V: GR 17813
10 10     St Petersburg: 15732
11 11     L: BMC 498 Klose LXXXII, Serie A, 12, pl. 61 (R11) = Franke & Nollé 2029, pl. 91 (rev.)
12 12     O
13 13     B: v. Knobelsdorff
14 14     B: (Löbb)
15 15     P: 2625
16 16     L: BMC 497
17 17     P: 2813
18 18     P: 2624
19 19     St Petersburg: 15731
20 20     L: BMC 496 Klose LXXXII, Serie A, 13, pl. 61 (R12) = Franke & Nollé 2037, pl. 91 (rev.)
21 21     G: II, 391, no. 284 SNG I, no. 1542
22 22     ✸ G: II, 391, no. 285 SNG I, no. 1543
23 23     Tübingen SNG 3235 = Franke & Nollé 2039, pl. 91 (obv.)
24 24     P: Duplicates
25 25     P: Duplicates
26 26     Mu: 371
27 27     Mu: 372
28 28     Aufhäuser 4 (07/10/1987), 340
29 29     Winterthur Bloesch 2, no. 3181
30 30     Lanz 92 (04/06/1999), 732
31 31     SNG Tatış I, no. 361
32 32     Jean Elsen 71 (20/09/2002), 900