RPC IV, 2557


Image of specimen #1

Coin type
URI	https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/2557 json ttl rdf xml
Volume	IV.2
Number	2557 (temporary)
Province	Asia
Subprovince	Conventus of Pergamum
Region	Mysia
City	Germe
Reign	Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.)	Marcus Aurelius (Caesar)
Magistrate	Sextus Iulius Faustus (first archon)
Issue	Issue 2
Dating	c. 147–161
Obverse inscription	ΚΑΙϹ Μ ΑΥΡ ΒΗΡοϹ
Obverse design	bare head of Marcus Aurelius (short beard), right
Reverse inscription	ϹΕΞ Ι ΦΑΥϹΤοΥ ΓΕΡΜΗΝ (Ξ shaped as エ)
Reverse design	Athena standing, left, holding patera, resting arm on shield; beside, upright spear
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average diameter	22 mm
Axis	5, 6
Reference	Ehling 97
Specimens	2 (1 in the core collections)

Number	Number	Obverse	Reverse	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	Note	More
1	1 ✸			P: 335	SNG 977, misreading reverse legend as 'ϹΤΡ ΦΑΥϹΤΟΥ ΓΕΡΜΗΝ'	22	10.31	5		Show
2	2				Private collection Plankenhorn, Germany	22	7.22	6		Show