RPC IV.3, 6207 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume IV.3
Number 6207 (temporary)
Province Cilicia
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Trachea
City Diocaesarea
Reign Antoninus Pius
Issue 'Pseudo-autonomous': Reign of Antoninus Pius
Obverse inscription ΑΔΡΙΑΝΩΝ
Obverse design draped bust of Hermes (head assimilated to portrait of Marcus Aurelius as Caesar), r.; to l., caduceus
Reverse inscription ΔΙΟΚΑΙϹΑΡƐΩΝ (or ΔΙΟΚƐϹΑΡ)
Reverse design vine-branch with bunch of grapes and two leaves
Metal Æ
Average diameter 17 mm
Axis 7, 12
Reference Staffieri, Diocaesarea 8, Cop 127
Specimens 11 (3 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Levante 666 = Staffieri, Diocaesarea 8, pl. I.10
2 2     ✸ B: (Fox)
3 3     B: Fox, reverse legend ΔΙΟΚƐСΑΡ only
4 4     Cop: 127, obverse legend mostly obscure
5 5     Winterthur
6 6     Private coll. E. Levante, cast made of lead, 3.20g = G.M. Staffieri, QT 16 (1987), 240, no. 8a, illustrated
7 7     Ziegler, Sammlungen, 379, pl. 18
8 8     Private coll. CGT
9 9    
10 10     Leeds-UL: 955
11 11     NBS WA 14, 28 Aug. 2022, lot 365