RPC IV.2, 3228 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 3228 (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 [Α]Υ ΚΑΙ Μ ΑΥΡΗΛΙ 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 ΚΛΑΥ ΑΡΙϹΤΕΟΥ ΠΕΡΓΑΜΗΝΩΝ Β ΝΕοΚοΡΩΝ
Reverse design Zeus seated, left, holding Nike and long sceptre
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 35 mm
Reference Weisser 950, BMC 288
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: BMC 288, pl. XXIX.3 (rev.) Weisser 950, pl. 16
2 2     Gorny & Mosch 133 (11/10/2004), 320 = Nomos 6 (08/05/2012), 148 = Nomos Obolos 5 (26/06/2016), 624 = Fritz Rudolf Künker 280 (26/09/2016), 647