RPC IV.2, 2296 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 2296 (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 ΓΙ ΠΟΛΕΩΝ (beneath horses' hooves) ΚΟΙΝΟΝ ΠΡΟ (ΚΛ) ΦΡΟΝΤΩΝΟϹ ΑϹΙΑΡΧΟΥ ΚΑΙ ΑΡΧΙΕ ΙΓ ΠΟΛΕΩΝ
Edition γιʹ πόλεων κοινὸν προ(νοηθέντος) Κλ(αυδίου) Φροντώνος ἀσιάρχου καὶ ἀρχιε(ρέως) ιγʹ πόλεων
Translation Koinon of the 13 cities, under the direction of Claudius Fronto, asiarch and archiereus of the 13 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 43 mm
Average weight 47.20 g
Axis 5, 11, 12
Reference Gillespie 7–11
Specimens 10 (4 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     V: GR 17015 Gillespie 7, pl. IV.7
2 2     B: (Löbb) Gillespie 8, pl. IV.8
3 3     P: 1111 (83) (Medaillon) Gillespie 9, pl. IV.9
4 4     St Florian Gillespie, Addendum, 212, pl. 2
5 5     V: GR 17016 (Medaillon) Gillespie 11, pl. IV.11, reverse heavily tooled: ΠΤΡοΧΧ ΦΡΟΔ ΒΟVΟСV ΛVСΛ, no Eros and Persephone with palm-branch
6 6     ✸ Private coll. F. Vink, Netherlands = Prowe III, 809, not illustrated = Frank Sternberg 12 (18/11/1982), 612 = Lanz 92 (04/06/1999), 638, pl. 25
7 7     Numismatica Ars Classica N (26/06/2003), 2019
8 8     Numismatik Naumann 45 (03/07/2016), 433 = Roma Numismatics Electronic Sale 32 (07/01/2017), 569
9 9     Verona: 72763 SNG 1503
10 10     Rome: 80296 Calomino MNR 267