RPC IV.2, 1268 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 1268 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Pergamum
Region Lydia
City Apollonis
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Marcus Aurelius (Augustus) ; Lucius Verus (Augustus)
Magistrate Hermokrates, son of Aischrion (strategos)
Issue Marcus and Verus, co-emperors
Dating c. 166(?)–169
Obverse inscription ΑΥ ΚΑΙ Μ ΑΥΡΗ ΑΝΤΩΝΙ ΛοΥ ΟΥΗΡΟϹ
Obverse design to left, laureate head of Lucius Verus, right; to right, laureate head of Marcus Aurelius (long beard with long curls?), left
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ϹΤΡΑ ΕΡΜΟΚΡΑΤΟΥϹ ΑΙϹΧΡΙΩΝΟϹ ΑΠΟΛΩΝ[ΙΔ]ΕΩΝ(sic) ΓΛΑΥΚοϹ
Reverse design river-god Glaukos reclining, left, holding long reed, resting on water-urn; to left at his feet, tree
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 32 mm
Axis 6
Reference N. Vismara, Annotazioni Numismatiche 6 (1992), pp. 108–9, KM 521, no. 1 corr.
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ B: B-I KM 521, no. 1, under 'Hierocaesarea' = FM 299, no. 311, pl. X.16 (rev.), under 'Hierocaesarea' = GRPCL Apollonis 42
2 2     Falghera 1042, under 'Apollonia' = N. Vismara, Annotazioni Numismatiche 6 (1992), pp. 108–9, illustrated
3 3     Private coll. J. Aiello = GRPCL 'Hierocaesarea' 91