RPC IV.2, 9598 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 9598 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Miletus
Region Ionia
City Magnesia ad Maeandrum
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Magistrate Leukippos, son of Koraios (?) (grammateus)
Issue Reign of Antoninus Pius, perhaps between issues of the grammateis Dioskourides and Diphantos
Dating 138–161
Obverse inscription Τ ΑΙΛΙΟϹ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Antoninus Pius wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right, seen from centre
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ΛΕΥΚΙΠΠ [Κ]Ο[Ρ?]ΑΙΟΥ ΓΡ[Α] ΜΑΓ[Ν]Η[Τ]ΩΝ
Reverse design to left, warrior (Leukippos?) advancing, right, holding transverse spear and shield; to right, warrior kneeling, right, head, left, holding transverse spear and shield; in background, temple with four columns enclosing statue of figure, standing, facing
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Axis 6
Reference Schultz —
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ G.I. Bijovsky, 'A Unique Coin of Magnesia ad Maeandrum Discovered in Εxcavations at Neapolis (Nablus), Samaria', in L. Kleinberg (ed.), Flavia Neapolis. Shechem in the Roman period (Jerusalem, 2009), pp. 277-9, found at the Roman Theatre of Neapolis in Samaria (Nablus)