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 [Ti Iulius?] Candidus Celsus (proconsul (?))
Issue Marcus Aurelius as Caesar
Dating c. 139–146
Obverse inscription Μ ΑVΡΗΛΙοϹ οVΗΡοϹ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ
Obverse design bare head of Marcus Aurelius (youthful - lightly bearded), r.
Reverse inscription ƐΠΙ ΚΑΝ(ΔΙΔοV) ΚƐΛ(ϹοV) ΑΡΠΑϹΗΝΩΝ
Reverse design river-god (Harpasos) reclining, l., wearing wreath, holding reed and cornucopia, resting on water-urn
Metal Æ
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.