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 Thynites (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
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Ἀντωνεῖνος Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Λ(ούκιος) Αὐρήλιος Οὐῆρος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus, Emperor Caesar Lucius Aurelius Verus
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
Edition ἐπὶ Ἰουλιανοῦ Θυν(ίτου?) ἄρχ(οντος) αʹ Ἰουλιέων Γορδηνῶν
Translation under Iulianus, son of Thyn(itos?), first archon, of the Iulian Gordenians
Reverse design Demeter standing in biga drawn by serpents, right, holding torch in each hand
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 36 mm
Average weight 21.18 g
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