RPC IV.2, 3229 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 3229 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Pergamum
Region Mysia
City Pergamum
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Marcus Aurelius (Augustus)
Issue Without personal name but shared obverse die with the issue of Tiberius Claudius Aristeas, strategos
Dating c. 169–175 (perhaps until AD 180)
Obverse inscription ΑΥ ΚΑΙ Μ ΑΥΡΗΛΙΟϹ ΑΝΤΩΝ[ΙΝΟϹ]
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Marcus Aurelius (long beard with long curls) wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΚΗΤΙΟϹ ϹΕ[ΛΕ]ΙΝΟΥϹ ΠΕΡΓΑΜΗΝΩΝ Β ΝΕΟΚΟΡΩΝ
Reverse design in centre in background, Tyche standing, holding rudder and cornucopia; before, the two river-gods Ketios and Seleinous reclining, facing each other, each resting on water-urn
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Axis 12
Reference Weisser 930
Specimens 3 (2 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 1283 SNG 2128 = von Fritze, Pergamon, p. 71, pl. VI.14 (rev.) = Weisser 930, pl. 16
2 2     ✸ L: 1978-2-3-1
3 3     Helios Numismatik 3 (29/04/2009), 357