RPC IV.2, 1969 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 1969 (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
Dating c. 161–163, perhaps AD 163
Obverse inscription [ΑΥ ΚΑΙ Μ Α]ΥΡΗΛΙ ΑΝΤ[ΩΝΕΙΝΟc]
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 ΕΠΙ [ϹΤΡΑ] ΠΟΜ ΤΡΥΦΩΝ[ΙΑΝΟΥ Μ]ΥΤΙΛΗΝΑΙΩΝ
Edition ἐπὶ στρα(τηγοῦ) Πομ(πηίου) Τρυφωνιανοῦ Μυτιληναίων
Translation under the strategos Pompeius Tryphonianos of the Mytileneans
Reverse design temple with two columns enclosing statue of Hera seated, facing, wearing kalathos
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 35 mm
Average weight 23.73 g
Axis 6
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ O
2 2     Manchester Museum, reverse tooled
3 3     Bern: Righetti 829, under 'Pius?', obverse worn