RPC IV.2, 17490 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #4

 

Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 17490 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Pergamum
Region Lesbus
City Mytilene
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Marcus Aurelius (Augustus)
Magistrate Pom(peius) Tryphonianos (strategos)
Issue Marcus and Verus, co-emperors: without personal name but contemporary with coins of Pom(peius) Tryphonianos, strategos
Dating c. 161–163, perhaps AD 163
Obverse inscription [ΑΥ ΚΑΙ] Μ ΑΥΡΗΛΙ [ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟc]
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρήλι(ος) Ἀντωνεῖνος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Marcus Aurelius (long beard with short curls) wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right, seen from centre
Reverse inscription [ΜΥΤΙΛΗΝΑΙΩΝ]
Edition Μυτιληναίων
Translation of the Mytileneans
Reverse design bearded emperor (Lucius Verus?) on horseback, left, raising right arm
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Average weight 21.60 g
Axis 7
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
4 4     ✸ Private coll. W. Holt, ex private coll. C.C. Vermule; "bought Athens 1963"