RPC IV.2, 868 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 868 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Alabanda
Region Caria
City Ceramus
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Magistrate Publius Aelius Themistokles, son of Protoleon (former archon)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤΟΚ ΚΑΙϹ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝοΝ ϹΕΒ ΕΥ (facing outward)
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Antoninus Pius wearing paludamentum, left, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΑΙΛΙ ΘΕΜΙϹΤοΚΛΗϹ ΠΡΩΤΟΛΕ ΑΡΞ ΚΕΡΑΜΙΗΤΩΝ
Edition Αἴλιος Θεμιστοκλῆς Πρωτολέοντος ἄρξας Κεραμιητῶν Αἴλι(ος) Θεμιστοκλῆς Πρωτολέ(οντος) ἄρξ(ας) Κεραμιητῶν
Translation Aelius Themistocles, son of Protoleon, former archon, of the Ceramians
Reverse design Zeus (Chrysaoreus?) standing, facing, head, left, holding patera over eagle and long sceptre
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Average weight 20.19 g
Axis 6
Reference Türkoğlu, Keramos D.11, Spanu, Keramos 50, no. 28 corr., J. Friedländer, ZfN 2 (1875), pp. 110-11 corr., BMC 7 corr.
Specimens 5 (2 in the core collections)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: BMC 7, pl. XII.12 (rev.), misreading name of 'magistrate' as 'ΠΡΩΤΟΝ' Spanu, Keramos 50, no. 28, fig. 4, misreading name of 'magistrate' as 'ΠΡΩΤΟΝ'
2 2     V: GR 18285
3 3     Private coll. H. I.
4 4     ✸ Private coll.
5 5     Stack's Coin Galleries Apr. 2010 (28/04/2010), 254, ex coll. C.C. Vermeule = Türkoğlu, Keramos D.11 (illustrated p. 198)