RPC IV.2, 3211 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 3211 (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 Κ]ΑΙ 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 short curls) wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right, seen from centre
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ϹΤΡΑ Α ΤΥΛ ΚΡΑ[ΤΙΠΠΟ]Υ ΠΕΡΓΑΜΗ ΔΙϹ ΝΕΟΚΟΡΩ[Ν]
Edition ἐπὶ στρα(τηγοῦ) Α(ὔλου) Τυλ(λίου) Κρατίππου Περγαμη(νῶν) δὶς νεοκόρων
Translation under strategos Aulus Tullius Cratippus, of the Pergamenes, twice neocorate
Reverse design Asclepius with serpent-staff standing in biga drawn by two centaurs, left, each centaur holding long torch
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 39 mm
Average weight 29.41 g
Axis 6
Reference Weisser 880
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Gotha von Fritze, Pergamon, p. 49, pl. V.11 (rev.), perhaps with obverse portrait of Lucius Verus
2 2     ✸ V: GR 16452 (Medaillon) Weisser 880, pl. 13