RPC IV.2, 1054 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 1054 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Miletus
Region Ionia
City Samos
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Marcus Aurelius (Augustus)
Issue Marcus Aurelius and Faustina II: alpha with downward curving crossbar
Dating 161–176
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ Μ ΑΥ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτορ) Καῖσαρ Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐ(ρήλιος) Ἀντωνεῖνος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
Obverse design laureate head of Marcus Aurelius (long beard), right
Reverse inscription ϹΑΜΙΩΝ (Α might have curved crossbar and Ν may be shaped as И)
Edition Σαμίων
Translation of the Samians
Reverse design cult statue of Samian Hera standing, right, wearing kalathos, holding patera in each hand, having fillets
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 18 mm
Average weight 3.55 g
Axis 1, 2, 6, 7, 12
Reference Cop 1734
Specimens 17 (12 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
4 4     Cop: 1734
5 5     ✸ O
6 6     P: 3391
7 7     P: 3636 (Seymour de Ricci)
8 8     P: Duplicates
9 9     G: II, 406, no. 12 SNG I, no. 1779 (reverse legend across the field, Α with curved crossbar and Ν shaped as И)
12 12     B: I-B
13 13     B: (Fox)
14 14     Mu: 21
15 15     C McClean III, 8430, pl. 293.22
16 16     NY: 1944.100.47547
17 17     Peus 366 (29/10/2000), coll. Marcel Burstein, 656, pl. 34
18 18     C: 1950/466
19 19     Private coll. CGT = Naville Numismatics 19 (13/12/2015), 246
20 20     Mabbott 1651, illustrated
21 21     Münzen & Medaillen Deutschland 15 (21/10/2004), coll. J.-P. Righetti, 704
22 22     Münzen & Medaillen Deutschland 13 (09/10/2003), coll. J.-P. Righetti, 388 = CNG Electronic Auction 214 (15/07/2009), 302