RPC IV.3, 6207 (temporary)

 

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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), right; to left, caduceus
Reverse inscription ΔΙΟΚΑΙϹΑΡΕΩΝ (or ΔΙΟΚΕϹΑΡ)
Reverse design vine-branch with bunch of grapes and two leaves
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 17 mm
Axis 1, 7, 12
Reference Staffieri, Diocaesarea 8, Cop 127
Specimens 12 (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
12 12     H.I. coll. = Roma EA 76, lot 374