RPC IV.2, 8319 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 8319 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Sardis
Region Lydia
City Iulia Gordus
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Marcus Aurelius (Augustus) ; Lucius Verus (Augustus)
Magistrate Iulianus, son of Thyn(itos?) (first archon)
Issue Marcus and Verus, co-emperors
Dating c. 161–165
Obverse inscription ΑΥ ΚΑΙ Μ ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ ΑΥ ΚΑΙ Λ ΑΥΡΗΛΙ[Ο]Ϲ ΟΥΗΡΟϹ
Obverse design heads of Marcus Aurelius (long beard with short curls, on left) and Lucius Verus (on right), facing each other
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ΙΟΥΛΙΑΝΟΥ [Θ?]ΥΝ ΑΡΧ Α ΙΟΥΛΙΕΩΝ ΓΟΡΔΗΝΩΝ
Reverse design Demeter standing in biga drawn by serpents, right, holding torch in each hand
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 36 mm
Axis 6, 12
Reference Hochard 501
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ O Peus 366 (29/10/2000), coll. Marcel Burstein, 691, pl. 36 = GRPCL Gordus-Julia 55 = Hochard 501a, pl. 25, both sides with traces of tooling
2 2     CNG Electronic Auction 405 (06/09/2017), 315