RPC IV.2, 2652 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 2652 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Smyrna
Region Ionia
City Clazomenae
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Marcus Aurelius (Augustus) ; Lucius Verus (Augustus)
Magistrate Marcus Antonius Maximus (strategos)
Issue Marcus and Verus, co-emperors
Dating c. 166–169
Obverse inscription [ΑΥΤΟ ΚΑΙ Λ ΑΥΡ ΟΥ]ΗΡΟϹ [ ] ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Λούκιος Αὐρήλιος Οὐῆρος --- Ἀντωνεῖνος Αὐτο(κράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Λ(ούκιος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Οὐῆρος [---] Ἀντωνεῖνος
Translation Emperor Caesar Lucius Aurelius Verus [---] Antoninus
Obverse design laureate-headed busts of Marcus Aurelius (on left, long beard with long curls) and Lucius Verus (on right), facing each other, both wearing cuirass and paludamentum
Reverse inscription ϹΤΡΑ ΜΑΡ ΑΝΤΩ ΜΑϹϹΙΜΟΥ ΚΛΑΖΟ (Ζ reversed)
Edition στρατηγοῦ Μάρκου Ἀντωνίου Μασσίμου Κλαζομενίων στρα(τηγοῦ) Μάρ(κου) Ἀντω(νίου) Μασσίμου Κλαζο(μενίων)
Translation of the strategos Marcus Antonius Maximus, of the Clazomenians
Reverse design helmeted nude hero (Paralos or Parphoros) advancing, left, head, right, holding sword and raising shield
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Average weight 18.44 g
Axis 6, 7
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 210
2 2     Private coll. F. Jarman, Germany