RPC IV.2, 3139 (temporary)

Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Cyzicus
City Ilium 
Region Troas
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ Μ ΑΥΡΗΛ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ Α
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Marcus Aurelius (long beard with short curls) wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΙΛΙΕΩΝ
Reverse design to left, Poseidon advancing, right, holding trident and applying mortar to brick held by Apollo standing, left, also holding laurel branch; in background, city wall of Troy with three towers

Coin no. 3 of RPC IV.2, 3139 (temporary)

 

Museum Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (USA)
Inventory no. Chatswold loan
Reference C.C. Vermeule, Divinities and Mythological Scenes in Greek Imperial Art (Cambridge [MA], 1983), p. 29 and 37, no. 16, pl. 16 (enlarged)
Diameter 35
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