RPC IV.2, 1284 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 1284 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Ephesus
Region Lydia
City Hypaepa
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Marcus Aurelius (Augustus)
Magistrate Gouras IV (first strategos for the second time)
Dating c. 169–175
Obverse inscription ΑΥ Κ Μ ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝοϹ
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Ἀντωνῖνος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Marcus Aurelius (long beard with long curls) wearing cuirass, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ΓΟΥΡΑ Δ ϹΤΡ(Α) (ΤΟ) Β ΠΡΩ(ΤΟΥ) ΥΠΑΙΠΗΝΩΝ (Δ with long serifs)
Edition ἐπὶ Γούρα δʹ στρα(τηγοῦ) τὸ βʹ πρώτου Ὑπαιπηνῶν
Translation under Gouras IV, first for the second time, of the Hypaepeans
Reverse design temple with six columns enclosing statue of Artemis Anaïtis standing, facing, wearing kalathos, extending hands
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 35 mm
Average weight 23.74 g
Axis 1, 6, 12
Reference Hochard 755-6, Altınoluk 55$, A. Geissen, EA 7 (1986), pp. 115–16, Cop 194
Specimens 15 (5 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     V: GR 33641 A. Geissen, EA 7 (1986), 116, no. 3A, pl. 18.2
2 2     P: 481 Wa 5017 = A. Geissen, EA 7 (1986), 116, no. 3B, pl. 18.3
4 4     Bern: Righetti 1033 vA 2964, slightly misreading reverse legend = GRPCL Hypaepa 131 = GRPCL Hypaepa 132 = Hochard 756b, pl. 38
5 5     ✸ L: 1969-11-8-2 M. Price, NC 1971, 132, no. 20, pl. 26
6 6     Cop: 194 A. Geissen, EA 7 (1986), 116, no. 3C, pl. 18.4
7 7     B: (Löbb)
8 8     Lanz 44 (15/05/1988), 604 = CNG 51 (15/09/1999), 888 = CNG Mail Bid Sale 69 (08/06/2005), 998 = GRPCL Hypaepa 133 = Hochard 755c, pl. 38, slightly double struck
9 9     Private coll. CGT = Rutten & Wieland = G. Hirsch 224 (20/11/2002), 641, pl. 24
10 10     E.J. Waddell 1 (09/12/1982), 265, pl. 17
11 11     Private coll.
12 12     Numismatik Naumann 52 (02/04/2017), 1045
13 13     Ödemiş: Inv. 8581 SNG Turkey 7.I, no. 316, reverse as temple with 'four columns', reverse double struck, worn, name of 'magistrate' illegible
14 14     Kölner Münzkabinett 107 (07/10/2017), 115 = Kölner Münzkabinett Electronic Auction 4 (01/01/2018), 157
15 15     Ex private coll. R. Pudill, sold as part of lot by Fritz Rudolf Künker 288 (13/03/2017)
16 16     Tire: Inv. 78-46 SNG Turkey 5.I, no. 367 = GRPCL Hypaepa 134 = Hochard 755e, pl. 38