RPC IV.2, 430 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 430 (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 Κ Μ ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Ἀντωνεῖνος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
Obverse design bare-headed bust of Marcus Aurelius (long beard with long curls) wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΑΠΟΛΛΩΝΙΑΤΩΝ ΠΡΟϹ ΡΥΝΔΑΚΩ
Edition Ἀπολλωνιατῶν πρὸς Ῥυνδάκῳ
Translation of the Apolloniates ad Rhyndacum
Reverse design Asclepius standing, facing, holding patera and serpent-staff
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Average weight 21.45 g
Axis 6
Reference von Fritze Mys. 245, Cop 19
Specimens 2 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Cop: 19 von Fritze Mys. 245 pl. IV.28 (rev.), cast at the Griechisches Münzwerk, Berlin
2 2     P: 78 SNG 100