Hi!
I bought this coin at an auction as "Antiochos IV Epiphanes". However, I was unable to identify it here at Numista.
size: 22 mm
weight: 10.8 g
thickness: 3 mm
Does anyone have any ideas about the correct identification?
Thanks!
Hi!
I bought this coin at an auction as "Antiochos IV Epiphanes". However, I was unable to identify it here at Numista.
size: 22 mm
weight: 10.8 g
thickness: 3 mm
Does anyone have any ideas about the correct identification?
Thanks!
im gonna guess its not seleucid because of the presence of an obverse legend, as many seleucid coins dont have this.
Did you check https://numismatics.org/sco/
I looked up the coins of Antiochos IV Epiphanes, and yours doesn't seem to fit that style. Your coin has the legend curved around the edge instead of straight, and appears to use C instead of Σ. (The lunate sigma is more typical of later periods, though it did appear on coins as early as Hellenistic times.)
I agree with your observations. I'm ruling out it being Antiochos IV Epiphanes.
I'm going to do some research to try to identify the coin.
thanks
Hi
Following my colleagues' instructions, I searched the coins of the Roman provinces.
I found this one, whose lettering seems to be the same.
N#307213
What do you think?
Regards
Well done on managing to find a coin with a similar design! Your coin is not N#307213, however your persistence in researching your coin has led you on the right track. I believe this is indeed a Roman provincial coin from the city of Cyrrhus in Syria.
On the obverse side of your coin, one can pretty clearly make out CΕΒ ΕΥC, with further letters that appear to end in ΟC. Let's assume the reverse side shows Zeus Kataibates, like in N#307213. If you go to the Roman Provincial Coinage site and do an advanced search for reverse designs starting with Zeus Kataibates, then search each of the six labels listed in the dropdown, you'll eventually find RPC IV.3 5768, which I believe is your coin type.
This is a coin which was issued between AD 147 and 161, during the reign of Antoninus Pius, but showing his adopted son Marcus Aurelius on the obverse. The full obverse legend is ΑΥΡΗΛΙΟC ΟΥΗΡΟC CΕΒ ΕΥCΒ ΥΙΟC, and I believe the latter part matches your coin. The ΕΥCΒ part is a bit of a misspelling on the engraver's part; the normal shortening for Ευσεβούς would be ΕΥCΕΒ.
On the reverse of your coin, you can see at least the ΡΡΗCΤ part of ΚΥΡΡΗCΤωΝ. There's a B to the right of Zeus Kataibates; this identifies which officina the coin was minted in. There's also a near-identical type RPC IV.3 5766, which has an A to the right of Zeus Kataibates instead of a B.
I don't believe Numista has a listing for your coin type, so feel free to create a page for it, perhaps by using N#307213 as a template and changing the details accordingly.
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As an aside: RPC IV.3 5768 identifies the obverse portrait as Marcus Aurelius. Here I have to take the catalogue at its word, since I personally don't have any ability to identify a person just by the portrait on a Roman coin. However, part of the obverse legend is ΑΥΡΗΛΙΟC ΟΥΗΡΟC, which is Aurelius Verus. So if I were going by the legend alone, I would assume it was referring to Lucius Aurelius Verus, who (like Marcus Aurelius) was an adopted son of Antoninus Pius, and who would co-rule with Marcus Aurelius after the death of Antoninus Pius in 161. However, the portrait could still be that of Marcus Aurelius, who held more auctoritas than Verus. (Although it would later be Verus who would travel to Antioch, Syria in 162 to direct the war against the Parthians.)
Dear colleague
I apologize for the delay in responding to your brilliant comment. Due to personal setbacks, I ran out of time for my coin collection.
But thanks for the explanation. It was a lesson for me.
Regards.
Luis
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