RPC IV.2, 3224 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 3224 (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
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρήλιος 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 ϹΤΡ Τ ΚΛ ΑΡΙϹΤΕΟΥ ϹΕΛΕΙΝΟΥϹ ΚΗΤΕΙΟϹ ΠΕΡΓΑΜΗΝΩΝ Β ΝΕΟΚΟΡΟΝ
Edition ἐπὶ στρ(ατηγοῦ) Τ(ιβερίου) Κλ(αυδίου) Ἀριστέου Σελείνους Κητείος Περγαμηνῶν βʹ νεωκόρων
Translation under the strategos Tiberius Claudius Aristeas, Seleinous, Keteios, of the Pergamenes, twice neocorate
Reverse design Asclepius standing on high base, facing, head, left, holding serpent-staff; between the two reclining river-gods Seleinous (on left) and Keteios (on right), facing each other, each resting on water-urn and holding cornucopia and branch; in exergue, two wreaths
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 35 mm
Average weight 23.53 g
Axis 6, 12
Reference Weisser 920, BMC 287, Cop 486
Specimens 10 (6 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Cop: 486 von Fritze, Pergamon, pp. 49 and 71, pl. VI.15 (rev.)
2 2     L: BMC 287 W. Wroth, NC 1882, p. 37, pl. II.3 (rev.)
3 3     P: 1279 SNG 2137
4 4     V: GR 16450
5 5     P: 1278, tooled SNG 2138 = Weisser 920, pl. 15
6 6     P: 1273 SNG 2134, both legends heavily tooled: ΑVΤ ΚΑΙ Μ ΑVΡΗΛ ΑΝΤΩΝƐΙΝΟϹ ϹƐΒ and ΕΠ Β Κ ΑΛΤ ϹΙϹΟV СΕΛΕΙΝΟ TΙΩΝ ΠƐΡΓΑΜΗΝΩΝ ΔΔiϹ ΝƐΩΚΟΡΩ; cf. recut legends of specimen https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coin/418144
7 7     ✸ H.D. Rauch 75 (06/05/2005), 182, obverse as 'Lucius Verus' = H.D. Rauch Mail Bid Sale 9 (23/09/2005), 359, obverse as 'Lucius Verus' = Gorny & Mosch 152 (10/10/2006), 1786
8 8     Gorny & Mosch 176 (10/03/2009), 1634 = Stack's Bowers and Ponterio Jan. 2017 NYINC Auction (12/01/2017), 2107
9 9     Gaziantep Museum = Butcher, Coins and Hoards, 73, no. C604 (SF 1710), not illustrated
10 10     Florence Williams, Florence (Mysia) no. 67, obverse lightly tooled: ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝοΣ, reverse heavily tooled: ƐΠ Β Κ ΑΛΙϹΤƐΟΥ ϹƐΛƐΙΝΟΤΙΩΝ ΠƐΡΓΑΜΗΝΩΝ ΔΥϹ ΝƐΟΚΟΡΩΝ; cf. recut legends of specimen https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coin/172480