RPC IV.2, 3105 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 3105 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Sardis
Region Lydia
City Iulia Gordus
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Marcus Aurelius (Augustus)
Magistrate Iulianus (archon for the second time)
Issue Marcus Aurelius
Dating c. 166–176
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ [ϹΕΒ?]
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Ἀντωνῖνος Σεβ(αστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Marcus Aurelius (long beard with long curls) wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ΙΟΥΛΙΑΝΟΥ ΑΡΧ ΤΟ Β ΓΟΡΔΗΝΩΝ
Edition ἐπὶ Ἰουλιανοῦ ἄρχ(οντος) βʹ Γορδηνῶν
Translation under Iulianus, archon for the second time, of the Gordians
Reverse design Hades standing in galloping quadriga, right, holding sceptre, struggling with Persephone
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 10.63 g
Axis 6
Reference Hochard 496
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Mu SNG 190 = Kraft, p. 159, pl. 55.9 = J. Hirsch 21 (16/11/1908), coll. Consul Weber, 3321, not illustrated = GRPCL Gordus-Julia 53 = Hochard 496a, pl. 25
2 2     Private collection Plankenhorn, Germany
3 3     Numismatik Naumann 52 (02/04/2017), 1009