RPC IV.2, 1072 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 1072 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Miletus
Region Ionia
City Miletus
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Marcus Aurelius (Augustus) ; Lucius Verus (Augustus)
Magistrate Publius Aelius Themistokles, son of Protoleon (asiarch)
Issue Marcus and Verus, co-emperors: Issue B
Dating 161–169
Obverse inscription Μ ΑΥΡ ΚΑΙ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ Λ ΑΥΡ ΟΥΗΡΟϹ ΚΑΙ
Edition Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Καῖ(σαρ) Ἀντωνῖνος Λ(ούκιος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Οὐῆρος Καῖ(σαρ)
Translation Marcus Aurelius Caesar Antoninus, Lucius Aurelius Verus Caesar
Obverse design laureate-headed busts of Marcus Aurelius (on left, with long beard) and Lucius Verus (on right), facing each other, both wearing cuirass
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ΑΙΛ ΘΕΜΙϹΤΟΚΛΕΟΥϹ ΑϹΙΑΡΧΟΥ ΜΙΛΗϹ(Ι)ΩΝ(sic)
Edition ἐπὶ Αἰλ(ίου) Θεμιστοκλέους ἀσιάρχου Μιλησίων
Translation under Aelius Themistokles, asiarch, of the Milesians
Reverse design temple with four columns enclosing statue of nude Apollo Didymeus standing on short base, left, holding stag and bow
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 38 mm
Average weight 27.30 g
Axis 5, 6
Reference Roch XXI.2, Temporini 354, no. III.4, C. Fontana, RIN 77 (1975), 140, no. 5
Specimens 5 (0 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Yale: 2009.110.49 C. Fontana, RIN 77 (1975), 140, no. 5, pl. I.5 = C. Fontana, RIN 90 (1988), 82, no. 13, pl. 3 = Lanz 92 (04/06/1999), 684, pl. 28 = Freeman & Sear Mail Bid Sale 6 (06/10/2000), 521 = Triton 8 (11/01/2005), 764, rev. legend with ΜΙΛΗϹΩΝ(sic)
2 2     Private coll. M. B. Richter = J. Hirsch 13 (15/05/1905), coll. Rhousopoulos, 3747, not illustrated = ex private coll. C. C. Vermeule, ex Boston 67.875 = Gemini 6 (10/01/2010), 852, rev. legend with ΜΙΛΗϹΩΝ(sic)
3 3     Mabbott 1565, illustrated
4 4     Boston: 1984.244 E.J. Waddell 1 (09/12/1982), 212, pl. 12
5 5     V-ON Leypold I, no. 698