RPC IV.2, 3228 (temporary)

 

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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
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 ϹΤΡΑ Τ ΚΛΑΥ ΑΡΙϹΤΕΟΥ ΠΕΡΓΑΜΗΝΩΝ Β ΝΕοΚοΡΩΝ
Edition ἐπὶ στρα(τηγοῦ) Τ(ιβερίου) Κλαυ(δίου) Ἀριστέου Περγαμηνῶν βʹ νεοκόρων
Translation under the strategos Tiberius Claudius Aristeas, of the Pergamenes, twice neocorate
Reverse design Zeus seated, left, holding Nike and long sceptre
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 35 mm
Average weight 24.33 g
Reference Weisser 950, BMC 288
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: BMC 288, pl. XXIX.3 (rev.) Weisser 950, pl. 16
2 2     Künker 416, 29 Oct. 2024, lot 1998 = 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