RPC IV.2, 9541 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 9541 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Philadelphia
Region Lydia
City Philadelphia
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Marcus Aurelius (Augustus)
Magistrate Publius Caecilius Kleon (first archon)
Dating c. 177–179
Obverse inscription ΑΥ ΚΑΙ Μ ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝοϹ (Ω shaped as closed ∩)
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Marcus Aurelius (thin face with very long beard) wearing cuirass with traces of drapery, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription [ΕΠΙ] Π ΚΑΙΚΙ Κ[ΛΕ]ΩΝοϹ ΑΡΧο Α ΦΙΛΑΔΕΛΦΕΩΝ (Φs shaped as ·|·, Ωs as closed ∩)
Reverse design temple with two columns and rounded pediment enclosing statue of Artemis of Ephesus, standing, facing, wearing kalathos, having supports
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Axis 6
Reference Hochard 1481
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Yale: 2004.6.378, ex PRF Lanz 97 (22/05/2000), 647 = GRPCL Philadelphia 280 = Hochard 1481a, pl. 78