RPC IV.2, 321 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #43

 

Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 321 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Smyrna
Region Ionia
City Smyrna
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Issue 'Pseudo-autonomous': without personal name but associated through shared dies with coins of the sophist Claudius Proklos, strategos
Dating c. 161–166
Obverse inscription ΖΕΥϹ ΑΚΡΑΙΟϹ (Ζ may be reversed)
Edition Ζεύς Ἀκραῖος
Translation Zeus Akraios
Obverse design head of Zeus Akraios, right
Reverse inscription ϹΜΥΡΝΑΙΩΝ
Edition Σμυρναίων
Translation of the Smyrneans
Reverse design griffin standing, right, placing left forepaw on wheel
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 18 mm
Average weight 4.11 g
Axis 1, 5, 6, 11, 12
Reference Klose VI, Serie C, 60–3, BMC 179–180 and 182–3, Cop 1283–4 and 1296
Specimens 56 (37 in the core collections)

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