RPC IV.2, 868 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 868 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Alabanda
Region Caria
City Ceramus
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Magistrate Publius Aelius Themistokles, son of Protoleon (former archon)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤΟΚ ΚΑΙϹ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝοΝ ϹΕΒ ΕΥ (facing outward)
Edition Αὐτοκ(ράτορα) Καίσ(αρα) Ἀντωνεῖνον Σεβ(αστὸν) Εὐ(σεβῆ)
Translation Emperor Caesar Antoninus August Pius
Obverse design laureate head of Antoninus Pius with traces of drapery, left
Reverse inscription ΑΙΛΙ ΘΕΜΙϹΤοΚΛΗϹ ΠΡΩΤΟΛΕ ΑΡΞ ΚΕΡΑΜΙΗΤΩΝ
Edition Αἴλι(ος) Θεμιστοκλῆς Πρωτολέ(οντος) ἄρξ(ας) Κεραμιητῶν
Translation Aelius Themistocles, son of Protoleon, former archon, of the Ceramians
Reverse design Zeus (Chrysaoreus) standing, facing, head, left, holding patera over eagle and long sceptre
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Average weight 20.19 g
Axis 6
Reference BMC 7 corr.
Specimens 5 (2 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: BMC 7, pl. XII.12 (rev.), misreading name of 'magistrate' as 'ΠΡΩΤΟΝ'
2 2     V: GR 18285
3 3     ✸ Private collection H. I.
4 4     Private coll.
5 5     Stack's Coin Galleries Apr. 2010 (28/04/2010), 254, ex coll. C.C. Vermeule