RPC IV.2, 1490 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 1490 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Sardis
Region Lydia
City Sardis
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Magistrate Marcus Claudius Fronto (asiarch and first strategos)
Dating c. 140–144?
Obverse inscription ΑΥ ΚΑΙ ΤΙ ΑΙ ΑΔΡΙΑΝοϹ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝοϹ
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Τί(τος) Αἴ(λιος) Ἁδριανὸς Ἀντωνεῖνος
Translation Emperor Caesar Titus Aelius Hadrianus Antoninus
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Antoninus Pius wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right, seen from centre
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ [Μ?] [ΚΛ ΦΡΟΝΤΩΝΟϹ ΑϹΙΑΡΧΟΥ ϹΤΡΑΤΗΓΟ?] Α ϹΑΡΔΙΑΝΩ
Edition ἐπὶ Μ(άρκου) Κλ(αυδίου) Φροντώνος ἀσιάρχου στρατηγο(ῦ) αʹ Σαρδιανῶ(ν)
Translation under Marcus Claudius Fronto, asiarch and first strategos, of the Sardians
Reverse design Demeter standing in biga drawn by winged serpents, right, holding torch in each hand
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 49 mm
Average weight 53.22 g
Axis 6
Reference Hochard 1948 corr.
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ B: (Löbb) GRPCL Sardes (Sardis) 435 (not illustrated) = Hochard 1948a, pl. 111, reverse as 'Silenus and Dionysus'