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
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Ἀντωνῖνος Λούκιος Οὐῆρος Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρή(λιος) Ἀντωνῖ(νος) Λού(κιος) Οὐῆρος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Lucius Verus
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
Edition ἐπὶ στρατηγοῦ Ἑρμοκράτους Αἰσχρίονος Ἀπολωνιδέων Γλαῦκος ἐπὶ στρα(τηγοῦ) Ἑρμοκράτους Αἰσχρίονος Ἀπολωνιδέων Γλαῦκος
Translation under strategos Hermokrates, son of Aischrion, of the Apollonideans, Glaukos
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
Average weight 21.55 g
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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# Specimen 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