RPC IV.2, 11105 (temporary) (forgery)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 11105 (temporary) (forgery)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Sardis
Region Uncertain
City Koinon of the Thirteen Cities
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Magistrate Marcus Claudius Fronto (asiarch (of the Koinon of Asia) and archiereus of the Koinon of the Thirteen Cities)
Issue Forgery: Antoninus Pius
Dating c. 140–144
Obverse inscription ΑΥ ΚΑΙ ΤΙ ΑΙ ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟϹ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ ΕΥ
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Τί(τος) Αἰ(lius) Ἁδριανὸς Ἀντωνεῖνος Εὐ(σεβής)
Translation Emperor Caesar Titus Aelius Hadrianus Antoninus Pius
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Antoninus Pius wearing paludamentum, left, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΚΟΙΝΟΝ ΓΙ ΠΟΛΕΩΝ ΠΡΟ Μ ΚΛ ΦΡΟΝΤΩΝ ΑϹΙΑΡΧ ΚΑΙ ΑΡΧΙ ΙΓ ΠΟΛΕΩΝ
Edition κοινὸν γιʹ πόλεων προ(νοηθέντος) Μ(άρκου) Κλ(αυδίου) Φροντών(ος) ἀσιάρχ(ου) καὶ ἀρχι(ερέως) ιγʹ πόλεων
Translation koinon of the 13 cities under the direction of Marcus Claudius Fronto, asiarch and archiereus, of the 13 cities
Reverse design Hades standing in galloping quadriga, right, brandishing spear; behind him in quadriga, Persephone standing, extending arm to figure (Demeter?) following quadriga
Metal copper-based alloy
Reference Gillespie —
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Private coll., Romania