RPC IV.2, 3227 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 3227 (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 Υ Κ]ΑΙ Μ ΑΥΡΗΛΙΟϹ [ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ]
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρήλιος Ἀντωνῖνος
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 ϹΤΡΑ [Τ ΚΛ ΑΡΙϹ]ΤΕΟ[Υ] ΠΕΡ[ (in r. field, Β)
Edition ἐπὶ στρα(τηγοῦ) Τ(ιβερίου) Κλ(αυδίου) Ἀριστέου Περ[---]
Translation under the strategos Tiberius Claudius Aristeas of the Pergamenes [---]
Reverse design Zeus seated, left, holding statue and long sceptre; in front of him, river-god reclining, left
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 37 mm
Average weight 20.12 g
Axis 5
Reference Weisser 925
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Mu: 182 Weisser 925, pl. 16