RPC IV.2, 897 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 897 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Alabanda
Region Caria
City Harpasa
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Marcus Aurelius (Caesar)
Magistrate [Tiberius Julius?] Candidus Celsus (proconsul?)
Issue Antoninus Pius and Marcus Aurelius as Caesar
Dating c. 139–146
Obverse inscription Μ ΑΥΡΗΛΙοϹ οΥΗΡοϹ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ
Edition Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Οὐῆρος Καῖσαρ Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρήλιος Οὐῆρος Καῖσαρ
Translation Marcus Aurelius Verus Caesar
Obverse design bare head of Marcus Aurelius (youthful - lightly bearded), right
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ΚΑΝ(ΔΙΔοΥ) ΚΕΛ(ϹοΥ) ΑΡΠΑϹΗΝΩΝ
Edition ἐπὶ Κανδιδου Κέλσου Ἀρπασηνῶν ἐπὶ Κανδιδου Κέλσου Ἀρπασηνῶν
Translation under Candidus Celsus of the Arpasians
Reverse design river-god (Harpasos) reclining, left, wearing wreath, holding long reed and cornucopia, resting on water-urn
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 8.38 g
Axis 1, 2, 12
Reference Delrieux, Harpasos 29-30, no. HP/9, BMC 10, Stumpf 596
Specimens 17 (6 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: BMC 10, pl. XIX.7 Delrieux, Harpasos 29, no. HP/9(14b), pl. 8
2 2     P: 677 Delrieux, Harpasos 30, no. HP/9(15b), pl. 8
3 3     B: 1914/632 Prowe III, 1240, pl. XX = Delrieux, Harpasos 30, no. HP/9(15c), pl. 8
4 4     Mu: 1 SNG 227 = Delrieux, Harpasos 30, no. HP/9(15a), pl. 8
5 5     NY: 1944.100.47978 Stumpf 596a, pl. XIX.4 = Delrieux, Harpasos 30, no. HP/9(17), pl. 9
6 6     V: GR 33970 J. Hirsch 21 (16/11/1908), coll. Consul Weber, 3147, not illustrated = Delrieux, Harpasos 29, no. HP/9(14c), pl. 8
7 7     vA 2539 = Delrieux, Harpasos 29, no. HP/9(13), pl. 8
8 8     Falghera 918 = Delrieux, Harpasos 30, no. HP/9(15d), pl. 8
9 9     V-ON Leypold I, no. 824 = G. Hirsch 177 (10/02/1993), 876 = Delrieux, Harpasos 29, no. HP/9(14a), pl. 8
10 10     Tübingen: coll. Hommel SNG 3393 = Delrieux, Harpasos 29, no. HP/9(14d), pl. 8
11 11     Aufhäuser 10 (05/10/1993), 433 = Delrieux, Harpasos 30, no. HP/9(16), pl. 8
12 12     Helios Numismatik 3 (29/04/2009), 432
13 13     Private coll. CGT = Saint Paul Antiques 14 (17/12/2017), 385
14 14     Rome: 80349 Calomino MNR 300
15 15     Privat coll. H. I.
16 16     Private coll., Stuttgart = Delrieux, Harpasos 29, no. HP/9(14e), pl. 8
17 17     Aydin Museum: found near Haydere Delrieux, Harpasos 29, no. HP/9(14f), pl. 8