RPC IV.2, 1022 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 1022 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Miletus
Region Ionia
City Magnesia ad Maeandrum
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Magistrate Dioskourides Gratos, son of Metro— (grammateus)
Dating c. 139–144
Obverse inscription Τ ΑΙΛΙΟϹ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ
Edition Τ(ίτος) Αἴλιος Καῖσαρ Ἀντωνεῖνος
Translation Titus Aelius Caesar Antoninus
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Antoninus Pius wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right, seen from centre
Reverse inscription ΘΕΜΙϹΤΟΚΛΗϹ ΕΠΙ ΔΙΟϹΚΟΥΡΙΔΟΥ ΓΡΑΤΟΥ ΜΗΤΡ ΜΑΓΝΗΤ
Edition Θεμιστοκλῆς ἐπὶ Διοσκουρίδου Γράτου Μητρ(—) Μαγνήτ(ων)
Translation Themistocles, under Dioskourides Gratos, son of Metr—, of the Magnetes
Reverse design statue of nude Themistocles standing, left, holding patera over lighted altar, resting left hand on sword in sheath at hip; to left at his feet, forepart of hump-backed bull lying, left
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Average weight 23.51 g
Axis 6, 7
Reference Schultz 103
Specimens 6 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1920-5-116-72 E.S.G. Robinson, NC 1921, 19, no. 27, pl. I (rev.) = Schultz 103.1, pl. 7 (rev.)
2 2     J. Hirsch 13 (15/05/1905), coll. Rhousopoulos, 3727, pl. XXXXII = G.F. Hill, Historical Greek Coins (London, 1906), pp. 47–8 = MDAI(A) 21 (1896), pp. 18–26
3 3     Gorny & Mosch 216 (15/10/2013), 2729 = Pecunem Numismatik Naumann 39 (03/01/2016), 590, obverse lightly double struck
4 4     Pecunem Numismatik Naumann 41 (06/03/2016), 490
5 5     Heidelberger Münzhandlung Herbert Grün 64 (20/11/2014), 1994
6 6     G. Hirsch 272 (04/05/2011), 585 = CNG Electronic Auction 297 (27/02/2013), 168