RPC IV.2, 2835 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 2835 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Sardis
Region Lydia
City Maeonia
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Magistrate Quintus II (first archon)
Issue Marcus and Verus, co-emperors
Dating c. 161–165, probably c. 161–163
Obverse inscription ΖΕΥϹ ΟΛΥΜΠΙΟϹ
Obverse design diademed head of Zeus Olympios with traces of drapery, left
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ΚΥΕΙΝΤοΥ Β (ΑΡ Α) ΜΑΙοΝΩΝ
Reverse design helmeted Roma seated on cuirass and shield, left, holding Nike and sword
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 23 mm
Axis 5, 6, 11, 12
Reference Hochard 1288-9
Specimens 10 (3 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 580 Wa 5057
2 2     V: GR 36092 Prowe III, 1484, not illustrated = Hochard 1288b, pl. 67
3 3     ✸ MMAG 41 (18/06/1970), 424 = Frank Sternberg 21 (14/11/1988), 142 = Tkalec 23/10/1992, 277 = Numismatica Ars Classica 84 (20/05/2015), 1033 = GRPCL Maionia 43
5 5     C: Leake 1968, Asiatic Greece, p. 77.3, misreading name of 'magistrate'
6 6     MünzZentrum 108 (05/09/2001), 244 = MünzZentrum 110 (02/05/2002), 212
7 7     V-ON Leypold I, no. 1061
8 8     CNG Electronic Auction 140 (24/05/2006), 113 = Hochard 1289a, pl. 67
9 9     Private coll. CGT = Münzen & Medaillen Deutschland 15 (21/10/2004), coll. J.-P. Righetti, 784 = CNG Auction 226 (27/01/2010), 425 = Hochard 1288e, pl. 67
10 10     Boston: 63.194 GRPCL Maionia 2 (reading ƐΠΙ ΜƐΝƐΚΡΑΤΟΥϹ)
11 11     CNG Electronic Auction 227 (10/02/2010), 314 = GRPCL Maionia 56