RPC IV.2, 948 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 948 (temporary)
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)
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 ΙΓ ΠΟΛΕΟΝ(sic) ΠΡΟΝ(Ο Μ) ΚΛ ΦΡΟΝΤΩΝ ΑϹΙΑΡΧ ΚΑΙ ΑΡΧΙ ΙΓ ΠΟΛΕΩΝ
Edition κοινὸν ιγʹ πόλεον προνο(ηθέντος) Μ(άρκου) Κλ(αυδίου) Φροντών(ος) ἀσιάρχ(ου) καὶ ἀρχι(ερέως) ιγʹ πόλεων
Translation koinon of the thirteen cities, under the direction of Marcus Claudius Fronto, asiarch and archiereus of the thirteen cities
Reverse design Hades standing in galloping quadriga, right, holding sceptre, struggling with Persephone; above, small Eros flying, right, holding torch and guiding horses' reins; beneath, overturned kalathos containing flowers
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 44 mm
Average weight 52.03 g
Axis 5, 6, 12
Reference Gillespie 1–6 corr., Gillespie, Addendum 3–A, BMC 1
Specimens 13 (4 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Basel: 1903/2164 Gillespie 1, pl. III.1 = A.H. Cahn, in Provincialia. Festschrift Rudolf Laur-Belart (1968), p. 59, no. 15
2 2     L: BMC 1 Gillespie 2, pl. III.2
3 3     G: II, 321, no. 1 SNG I, no. 1663F = Gillespie 3, pl. III.3, authenticity doubtful: cast?
4 4     Brussels P. Naster, La collection Lucien de Hirsch. Catalogue des monnaies grecques (Brussels, 1959), 248, no. 1497, pl. LXXIX = Gillespie, Addendum 3–A, pl. 1
5 5     B: (Löbb) Gillespie 4, pl. III.4
6 6     J. Hirsch 21 (16/11/1908), coll. Consul Weber, 2744, pl. XXXIX (rev.) = J. Schulman 05/03/1923, coll. Vierordt, 1524, pl XXXIII = Numismatic Fine Arts and Bank Leu 16/05/1984, The Garrett Collection I, 789 = Gillespie 5, pl. III.5 (rev.)
7 7     P: 1111 (84) (Medaillon) Gillespie 6, pl. IV.6
9 9     vA 7812 = Bank Leu 10 (29/05/1974), 171 = Triton 5 (15/01/2002), 1723
9 9     Leu Electronic Auction 7 (23/02/2019), 681, with traces of silver cover
10 10     ✸ Private coll. F. Vink, Netherlands = Gorny & Mosch 151 (09/10/2006), 307 = Triton 15 (03/01/2012), 1384
11 11     CNG 93 (22/05/2013), 789
12 12     Boston: 1977.604 C.C. Vermeule, Divinities and Mythological Scenes in Greek Imperial Art (Cambridge [MA], 1983), p. 29 and 37, no. 13, pl. 13 (enlarged) = Auctiones 7 (07/06/1977), 380
13 13     Gorny & Mosch 152 (10/10/2006), 1791, reverse worn, perhaps similar type https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/37647