RPC IV.2, 395 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 395 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Pergamum
Region Lesbus
City Mytilene
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Crispina (Augusta)
Magistrate Aulus Fulvius Dionysios (strategos)
Issue Reign of Marcus Aurelius or Commodus
Dating c. 178–182
Obverse inscription ΚΡΙϹΠΕΙΝΑ ϹΕΒΑϹΤΗ
Obverse design draped bust of Crispina, right
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ Ϲ[ΤΡ]Α ΦΟΥ ΔΙΟΝΥϹΙΟΥ ΜΥΤΙΛΗΝΑΙ
Reverse design emperor (Marcus Aurelius or Commodus) on horseback, right, (raising right arm)
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Axis 6, 7
Reference BMC 206, Cop 417 corr.
Specimens 16 (12 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: BMC 206
2 2     Cop: 417, obverse as 'Faustina II'
3 3     ✸ O
4 4     O
5 5     O
6 6     P: 345
7 7     P: 346
8 8     P: Delepierre, under 'Unidentified', obverse with signs of tooling, both legends obscure
9 9     Mytilene Museum 274 = Archontidou-Argyri/Labarre 128, no. 34, pl. 20.34
10 10     NY: 1944.100.44594, both legends obscure
11 11     NY: 1953.171.651, both legends obscure
12 12     V: GR 16997, both legends obscure
13 13     Münzen & Medaillen Deutschland 1 (16/09/1997), 398 = Lanz 92 (04/06/1999), 731, pl. 30
14 14     Heidelberger Münzhandlung Herbert Grün 73 (14/11/2017), 106, both sides heavily tooled, legends obscure
15 15     J.-L. Lamboley and A. Travaglini, Les Monnaies grecques de la bibliothèque municipale d'étude et d'information de Grenoble (Paris, 2005), 93, no. 359, pl. VIII.84, worn, both legends obscure, attribution to this type not entirely certain
16 16     P: 344 (Forgery Collection), both sides heavily tooled, reverse legend 'ΜVΤΙΛΗΝΑΙΩΝ' only