RPC IV.2, 3222 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 3222 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Pergamum
Region Mysia
City Pergamum
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Marcus Aurelius (Augustus)
Magistrate Tiberius Claudius Aristeas (strategos)
Dating c. 169–175 (perhaps until AD 180)
Obverse inscription ΑΥ ΚΑΙ Μ ΑΥΡΗΛΙ(οϹ) ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝοϹ
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 Τ ΚΛ ΑΡΙϹΤΕΑ ΠΕΡΓΑΜΗΝΩΝ Β ΝΕΟΚΟΡΟΝ
Reverse design emperor (Marcus Aurelius) on horseback, left, raising right arm; to left, bound captive seated, left
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 36 mm
Reference Weisser 970, BMC 289
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Auction Athena [Germany] 2 (1988), 342 (non vidi) = Peus 366 (29/10/2000), coll. Marcel Burstein, 593, pl. 29 = Weisser 970, pl. 15, with traces of silver cover
2 2     ✸ L: BMC 289, pl. XXIX.6 (rev.) von Fritze, Pergamon, p. 72, pl. VII.6 (rev.), obverse legend tooled or die re-cut