RPC IV.2, 3207 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 3207 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Pergamum
Region Mysia
City Pergamum
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Marcus Aurelius (Augustus)
Magistrate Aulus Tullius Cratippus (strategos)
Issue Marcus and Verus, co-emperors
Dating c. 161–165
Obverse inscription [ΑΥ ΚΑΙ Μ Α]ΥΡΗΛΙ [ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ]
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Ἀντωνεῖνος 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 Α ΤΥΛ ΚΡ]ΑΤΙΠΠΟΥ ΠΕΡΓΑΜΗΝΩΝ ΔΙϹ ΝΕΟΚΟΡ
Edition ἐπὶ στρατηγοῦ Αὔλου Τύλλιου Κρατίππου Περγαμηνῶν δὶς νεωκόρων ἐπὶ στρα(τηγοῦ) Α(ὔλου) Τύλ(λιου) Κρατίππου Περγαμηνῶν δὶς νεωκόρ(ων)
Translation under strategos Aulus Tullius Cratippus, of the Pergamenes, twice neocorate
Reverse design to left, Hygieia standing, right, feeding serpent from patera; to right, Asclepius standing, facing, head, left, holding serpent-staff; in centre, small nude male figure standing, right, raising right hand, holding bird in extended left hand (?)
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 38 mm
Average weight 30.98 g
Axis 6, 7
Reference Weisser 855 corr., J.N. Svoronos, JIAN 13 (1911), 118, no. 9
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ B: 18203311, Löbb. J.N. Svoronos, JIAN 13 (1911), 118, no. 9, pl. I.23 (rev.) = von Fritze, Pergamon, pp. 48 and 53, pl. V.13 (rev.) = Weisser 855, pl. 13, emperor on obverse as 'Lucius Verus'
2 2     Private coll. CGT