RPC IV.2, 218 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 218 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Pergamum
Region Aeolis
City Elaea
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Marcus Aurelius (Augustus)
Magistrate Plokamos (strategos)
Dating c. 166–175
Obverse inscription ΑΥ ΚΑΙ Μ ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Ἀντωνῖνος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
Obverse design bare-headed bust of Marcus Aurelius (long beard with long curls) wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right, seen from centre
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ϹΤΡΑ [ ] ΠΛΟΚΑΜΟΥ ΕΛΑΙΤΩΝ
Edition ἐπὶ στρα(τηγοῦ) [---] Πλοκάμου Ἐλαϊτῶν
Translation under the strategos [---] Plokamos of the Elaeans
Reverse design Hades standing in galloping quadriga, left, struggling with Persephone; beneath horses' legs, kalathos containing poppy and ears of corn
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Average weight 14.65 g
Axis 1
Reference BMC 44
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: BMC 44 Kraft, p. 192, pl. 93.4a
2 2     Private collection H. Williams, UK