RPC IV.2, 426 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 426 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Adramyteum
Region Mysia
City Apollonia ad Rhyndacum
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Marcus Aurelius (Augustus)
Issue »Kyzikos«
Dating c. 169–175
Obverse inscription ΑΥ ΚΑΙ Μ ΑΥΡΗ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝοϹ
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρή(λιος) Ἀντωνεῖνος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Marcus Aurelius (long beard with long curls) wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΑΠοΛΛΩΝΙΑΤΩΝ Π(ΡοϹ) ΡΥΝΔΑΚΩ
Edition Ἀπολλωνιατῶν πρός Ῥυνδάκῳ
Translation of the Apolloniates by the Rhyndacus
Reverse design in centre, nude Apollo standing, facing, drawing arrow from quiver at shoulder, holding chlamys and bow; to right, Artemis standing, left, having quiver at shoulder, crowning Apollo, holding bow; to left, tripod entwined by serpent
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 38 mm
Average weight 31.44 g
Axis 7, 8
Reference von Fritze Mys. 238
Specimens 5 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 81 SNG 99 = von Fritze Mys. 238, pl. IV.25 (rev.)
2 2     St Petersburg
3 3     Turin
4 4     Numismatica Ars Classica 21 (17/03/2001), 477
5 5     Private collection H. I. = Baldwin's 47 (25/09/2006), 127 = Bertolami Fine Arts - ACR Auctions 4 (05/12/2011), 109 = Roma Numismatics 4 (30/09/2012), 2193