RPC IX, 1463

 

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Coin type
Volume IX
Number 1463
Province Cilicia
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Pedias
City Aegeae
Reign Aemilian
Person (obv.) Aemilian (Augustus)
Issue Year ΘϘϹ = 299
Dating AD 253
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΑΙΜΙΛΙΟϹ ΑΙΜΙΛΙΑΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Αἰμίλιος Αἰμιλιανὸς Σεβ(αστός)
Translation Emperor Aemilius Aemilianus Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Aemilian, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΑΙΓΕΑΙωΝ ΝΕωΚΟ ΝΑΥΑΡΧΙϹ, ΘϘϹ
Edition Αἰγεαίων νεωκό(ρων) ναυαρχὶς θϙσʹ
Translation of the Aegeaeans, neocorate, navarch, 299
Reverse design temple with four columns enclosing statue of Asclepius standing left, holding serpent staff
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Average weight 11.33 g
Axis 6
Reference Haymann 229
Specimens 5 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–5: same pair of dies. 1–5: same obv. die as 1461/1–7, 1462/1–7.
Note Hirsch 35, 25 June 1963, lot 1109 bears a radiate bust on the obv. but the coin seems heavily tooled.
Correction Corrected coin-type (post publication)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1972,0705.3
2 2     NY: 1944.100.53035
3 3     SNG Levante 1789 = CNG EA 134, 1 Mar. 2006, lot 150
4 4     CGT coll. = VAuction 121, 10 Nov. 2016, lot 153
5 5     R. Becker coll.