RPC III, 1695

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 1695
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Pergamum
Region Lesbus
City Mytilene
Reign Hadrian
Person (obv.) Aelius (Caesar)
Obverse inscription ΛΟΥΚΙΟϹ ΑΙΛΙΟϹ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ
Edition Λούκιος Αἴλιος Καῖσαρ
Translation Lucius Aelius Caesar
Obverse design bare head of Aelius, right
Reverse inscription ΜΥΤΙΛΗΝΑΙΩΝ
Edition Μυτιληναίων
Translation of the Mytileneans
Reverse design Asclepius standing facing, head left, resting with his left hand on serpent-staff
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 38 mm
Average weight 38.20 g
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)
Die-links 1: same rev. die as 1690/1.
Note For authenticity, see introduction.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Kölner Münzkabinett 105, 16 Sept. 2016, lot 258 ex Künker 133, 11–12 Oct. 2007, lot 8844