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 Marcus Aurelius as Caesar
Dating c. 139–146
Obverse inscription Μ ΑΥΡΗΛΙοϹ οΥΗΡοϹ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ
Obverse design bare head of Marcus Aurelius (youthful - lightly bearded), right
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ΚΑΝ(ΔΙΔοΥ) ΚΕΛ(ϹοΥ) ΑΡΠΑϹΗΝΩΝ
Reverse design river-god (Harpasos) reclining, left, wearing wreath, holding reed and cornucopia, resting on water-urn
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Axis 1, 2, 12
Reference BMC 10, Stumpf 596
Specimens 15 (6 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: BMC 10, pl. XIX.7
2 2     P: 677
3 3     B: 1914/632 Prowe III, 1240, pl. XX
4 4     Mu: 1 SNG 227
5 5     NY: 1944.100.47978 Stumpf 596a, pl. XIX.4
6 6     V: GR 33970 J. Hirsch 21 (16/11/1908), coll. Consul Weber, 3147, not illustrated
7 7     vA 2539
8 8     Falghera 918
9 9     V-ON Leypold I, no. 824 = G. Hirsch 177 (10/02/1993), 876
10 10     Tübingen: coll. Hommel SNG 3393
11 11     Aufhäuser 10 (05/10/1993), 433
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.