RPC IV.3, 5742 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.3
Number 5742 (temporary)
Province Cappadocia
Region Cappadocia
City Tyana
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Marcus Aurelius (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤΟ Κ (Μ) ΑΝΤωΝΕΙΝΟϹ [
Edition Αὐτο(κράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀντωνεῖνος [---]
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Antoninus [---]
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Marcus Aurelius wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right
Reverse inscription ΤΥΑΝΕωΝ Τ Π Τ ΙΕΡ ΑϹΥ ΑΥΤΟ ΕΤ Β
Edition Τυανέων τ(ῶν) π(ρὸς) Τ(αύρῳ) ἱερ(ῆς) ἀσύ(λου) αὐτό(νομου) ἔτ(ους) βʹ
Translation of the Tyaneans near Taurus, sacred, inviolable, autonomous, year 2
Reverse design turreted Tyche seated, left, holding ears of corn and bunch of grapes, resting arm on seat, resting foot on swimming river-god (Euphrates); Tyche's seat decorated with griffin
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 22 mm
Average weight 8.32 g
Axis 6, 11, 12
Reference BMC 7, Ganschow 1024a-c
Specimens 17 (10 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: BMC 7, obverse perhaps head only
2 2     P: 764, obverse perhaps head only
3 3     P: 762
4 4     P: 763 Wa 6808
5 5     B: B-I
6 6     NY: 1944.100.62515
7 7     NY: 1944.100.62516
7 7     Henseler 1540A = Themis 6, 2020, lot 428
8 8     V: GR 20214
9 9     O: worn
10 10     O
11 11     Private coll.
12 12     Private coll. Robert Effler = Leu Numismatik Web Auction 13 (15/08/2020), 945
13 13     Henseler 1538A
14 14     Henseler 1540
15 15     ✸ Henseler 1538 = Ganschow 1024a
16 16     Henseler 1539 = Ganschow 1024b