RPC IV.2, 11403 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 11403 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Pergamum
Region Lydia
City Apollonis
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Marcus Aurelius (Augustus)
Magistrate Hermokrates, son of Aischrion (archon)
Issue Perhaps early sole reign of Marcus
Dating 169 (or 166?) – c. 176 (or 180?)
Obverse inscription ΑΥ ΚΑΙ Μ ΑΥΡΗΛΙΟϹ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρήλιος Ἀντωνῖνος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
Obverse design bare-headed bust of Marcus Aurelius (long beard with long curls) wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right, seen from centre
Reverse inscription ΑΡ ΕΡΜΟΚΡΑΤΟΥϹ ΑΙϹΧΡΙΩΝΟϹ ΑΠΟΛΩΝΙΔΕΩΝ(sic)
Edition ἄρ(χοντος) Ἑρμοκράτους Αἰσχρίωνος Ἀπολωνιδέων
Translation of archon Hermokrates, son of Aischrion, of the Apollonideans
Reverse design Zeus (Lydios) standing, facing, head, left, holding eagle and long sceptre
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Average weight 16.81 g
Axis 5, 12
Reference Hochard 9
Specimens 3 (0 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Private coll. Dane Kurth = CNG Mail Bid Sale 67 (22/09/2004), 1109 = GRPCL Apollonis 41 = Hochard 9a, pl. 2
2 2     Private coll. CGT = Numismatik Naumann 52 (02/04/2017), 936, ex private collection Plankenhorn, Germany
3 3     Münzen & Medaillen 34 (26/05/2011), 247