RPC IV.2, 3223 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 3223 (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 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 ϹΤΡΑΤΗΓΟΥ ΑΡΙϹΤΕοΥ ΠΕΡΓΑΜΗΝΩΝ Β ΝΕΟΚ[ΟΡ]
Edition ἐπὶ στρατηγοῦ Ἀριστέου Περγαμηνῶν βʹ νεοκόρ(ων)
Translation under the strategos Aristeas of the Pergamenes, twice neocorate
Reverse design Asclepius standing, facing, head, left, holding serpent-staff
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 38 mm
Average weight 22.27 g
Axis 12
Reference Weisser 955
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ B: 18265951, I-B Weisser 955, pl. 15