RPC IV.2, 1335 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 1335 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Smyrna
Region Lydia
City Magnesia ad Sipylum
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Marcus Aurelius (Augustus)
Magistrate Aelius Herakleides (strategos)
Dating 161–176
Obverse inscription ΑΥ Κ Μ ΑΥΡΗΛΙΟϹ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ (Α with curved crossbar)
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρήλιος Ἀντωνεῖνος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
Obverse design bare-headed bust of Marcus Aurelius (long beard) wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ϹΤΡ ΑΙΛΙΟΥ ΗΡΑΚΛΕΙΔΟΥ ΜΑΓΝΗΤΩΝ ϹΙΠΥΛ (Α with curved crossbar)
Edition ἐπὶ στρ(ατηγοῦ) Αἰλίου ῾Ηρακλείδου Μαγνήτων Σιπύλ(ου)
Translation under strategos Aelius Herakleides, of the Magnetes of Sipylus
Reverse design turreted Cybele seated, left, holding patera, resting arm on tympanum; between two seated lions
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 42 mm
Average weight 35.21 g
Axis 6
Reference Hochard 1077, LS 90, no. 7
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Trade = LS 90, no. 7
2 2     ✸ P: 688A (Medaillon) GRPCL Magnesia ad Sipylum 138 = Hochard 1077a, pl. 55