RPC IV.2, 2186 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 2186 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Sardis
Region Phrygia
City Synaus
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Marcus Aurelius (Augustus)
Magistrate Menandros, son of Ask— (archon for the second time)
Issue Marcus and Verus, co-emperors
Dating c. 161–165, perhaps 163–165
Obverse inscription ΑΥ ΚΑΙ Μ ΑΥ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐ(ρήλιος) Ἀντωνῖνος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Marcus Aurelius (long beard with short curls) wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ΜΕΝΑΝΔΡΟΥ ΑϹΚ ΑΡΧΟ ΤΟ Β ϹΥΝΑΕΙΤΩΝ
Edition ἐπὶ Μενάνδρου Ἀσκ(—) ἄρχο(ντος) τό βʹ Συναειτῶν
Translation under Menandros Ask—, archon for the second time, of the Synaeitans
Reverse design Apollo-Tyrimnaios on horseback, right, carrying double axe over shoulder
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Average weight 20.92 g
Axis 6
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1979-1-1-2317 vA 3967
2 2     Frank Sternberg 11 (20/11/1981), 321 = Fritz Rudolf Künker 280 (26/09/2016), 648, both sides tooled