RPC IV.2, 25169 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 25169 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Pergamum
Region Lesbus
City Mytilene
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Marcus Aurelius (Augustus) ; Commodus (Augustus)
Person (rev.) Marcus Aurelius (Augustus)
Magistrate Marcus Aurelius Proteas (strategos)
Issue Issue 2
Dating c. 177–179
Obverse inscription ΑΥ Κ Μ ΑΥΡΗ ΑΝΤΟΝΙΝΟϹ ΑΥ [ ] [ΚΟ]ΜΟΔΟϹ
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρή(λιος) Ἀντωνῖνος Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) [---] Κόμοδος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Emperor [---] Commodus
Obverse design to left, laureate-headed bust of Marcus Aurelius (thin face with very long beard), right; to right, laureate-headed bust of Commodus (youthful), left, both wearing cuirass and paludamentum
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ϹΤΡΑ Μ ΑΥΡΗ ΠΡΩΤΕΟΥ ΜΥΤΙΛΗΝΑΙΩΝ
Edition ἐπὶ στρα(τηγοῦ) Μ(άρκου) Αὐρη(λίου) Πρωτέου Μυτιληναίων
Translation under strategos Marcus Aurelius Proteas of the Mytileneans
Reverse design in centre, bearded emperor (Marcus Aurelius) on horseback, right, wearing military dress, holding spear; to left, Nike advancing, right, crowning emperor; to right, trophy and two bound captives
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 43 mm
Average weight 38.95 g
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)
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Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Private collection H. I. = Eid Mar Auctions 3 (11/05/2024), 276 = Eid Mar Auctions 1 (16/12/2023), 216, with traces of tooling