RPC IV.3, 6180 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #13

 

Coin type
Volume IV.3
Number 6180 (temporary)
Province Cilicia
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Pedias
City Hierapolis-Castabala
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Marcus Aurelius (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ
Obverse design emperor Marcus Aurelius seated, left, holding globe, being crowned by Nike, flying, left
Reverse inscription ΙΕΡΟΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ ΤΩΝ ΠΡΟϹ ΤΩ ΠΥΡΑΜ
Reverse design draped bust of Dionysus (youthful) wearing ivy wreath, right, carrying thyrsus over shoulder; to right, bunch of grapes
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 31 mm
Axis 6, 12
Reference Robert 24, F. Imhoof-Blumer, ZfN 10 (1883), 275, no. 33, MG 352, no. 22$
Specimens 13 (3 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: 18304385, 1900 Imhoof-Blumer F. Imhoof-Blumer, ZfN 10 (1883), 275, no. 33, pl. X.16 = MG 352, no. 22 = Robert 24, pl. XXVI.73
2 2     B: 18304391, 1906 Löbbecke
3 3     vA 8677
4 4     vA 8678
5 5     Prowe III, 2185, pl. XXXV
6 6     L: 1978-12-25-1
7 7     Frank L. Kovacs (ex private coll. Marcel Burstein)
8 8     Ziegler, Sammlungen, 1292, pl. 65, private coll. Jürging
9 9     Bern: Righetti 1563
10 10     H.D. Rauch 98 (21/09/2015), 206
11 11     Gemini 6 (10/01/2010), 625
12 12     CGT coll.
13 13     ✸ Künker 104, 27 Sept. 2005, lot 544