RPC IV.2, 3127 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 3127 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Pergamum
Region Mysia
City Perperene
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Marcus Aurelius (Augustus)
Magistrate Glykon II, grandson of Dem— (agonothetes and hiereus of the Emperors for life)
Dating c. 166–177
Obverse inscription ΑΥ ΚΑΙ Μ ΑΥΡΗ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝοϹ
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρή(λιος) 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 ΑΓΩΝΟΘ ΚΕ(sic) ΙΕΡΕΟϹ(sic) ΔΙΑ ΒΙΟΥ ΤΩ ϹΕΒ ΓΛΥΚΩΝΟϹ Β ΤΟΥ ΔΗΜ ΠΕΡΠΕΡΗ
Edition ἐπὶ ἀγωνοθ(έτου) κὲ ἱερέος διὰ βίου τῶ(ν) Σεβ(αστῶν) Γλύκωνος βʹ τοῦ Δημ(—) Περπερη(νίων)
Translation under the agonothetes and priest for life of the Emperors, Glykon II, grandson of Dem—, of the Perperenians
Reverse design Dionysus (youthful) standing, left, holding cantharus over panther and long thyrsus
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 42 mm
Average weight 38.49 g
Axis 1, 12
Reference Barth-Stauber = Stauber 41
Specimens 5 (2 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ B: 18268830, 1850/9027 M. Bernhart, JNG 1 (1949), 57, no. 116, misreading reverse legend = Barth-Stauber 41a, pl. 6
2 2     Turin A.S. Fava, L. Sachero and V. Viale, Il Medagliere delle raccolte numismatiche torinesi (Turin, 1964), 39, no. 217, misreading name of 'magistrate' as 'ΑVΚΩΜΟϹ'
3 3     Egger Fixed Price List 5 (1891/92), 722
4 4     P: 1515 SNG 2321
5 5     Florence: Inv. 35726/21 S. Bani, M. Benci and A. Vanni, I Medaglioni Provinciali e i Contorniati Romani nelle raccolte del Monetiere del Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Firenze. Vol. II (Florence, 2012), 30, no. 25 = Williams, Florence (Mysia) no. 79