RPC IV.2, 2629 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 2629 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Pergamum
Region Lesbus
City Mytilene
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Marcus Aurelius (Augustus)
Magistrate Glaukippos (strategos)
Dating c. 169–177
Obverse inscription ΑΥ ΚΑΙ Μ ΑΥΡΗΛΙ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ
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 long curls) wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ϹΤΡΑ ΓΛΑΥΚΙΠΠΟΥ ΜΥΤΙΛΗ
Edition ἐπὶ στρα(τηγοῦ) Γλαυκίππου Μυτιλη(ναίων)
Translation under the strategos Glaukippos of the Mytileneans
Reverse design Nike erecting trophy, left; at feet of trophy, bound captive seated, left
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 32 mm
Average weight 13.12 g
Axis 6
Specimens 3 (2 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 314
2 2     B: v. Knobelsdorff
3 3     Private collection Plankenhorn, Germany