RPC IV.2, 3556 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 3556 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Philadelphia
Region Lydia
City Philadelphia
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Marcus Aurelius (Augustus)
Magistrate Ladi(kos?) Severus (archon)
Issue Marcus and Verus, co-emperors
Dating c. 161–165
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝοϹ
Obverse design bare head of Marcus Aurelius (long beard with short curls), right
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ΛΑΔΙ ϹΕΒΗΡοΥ ΑΡΧ(ο) ΦΙΛΑΔΕΛΦΕΩ
Reverse design serpent coiled around omphalos, head, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 24 mm
Axis 6, 12
Reference Hochard 1479
Specimens 4 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ NY: 1944.100.49357 Hochard 1479a, pl. 77
2 2     Numismatik Naumann 52 (02/04/2017), 1207 = GRPCL Philadelphia 283
3 3     Hauck & Aufhäuser 18 (05/10/2004), 473
4 4     Gorny & Mosch 200 (10/10/2011), 2181 = CNG Electronic Auction 387 (30/11/2016), 318, ex. coll. T.B. Cederlind, both sides with signs of tooling