RPC IV.2, 3257 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 3257 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Pergamum
Region Mysia
City Pergamum
Reign Commodus
Person (obv.) Commodus (Augustus)
Magistrate Marcus Aelius Glykonianos (strategos)
Issue Issue 1
Dating c. 180–182
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤΟ ΚΑΙ Μ ΑΥΡΗ ΚΟΜΟΔΟϹ
Edition Αὐτο(κράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρή(λιος) Κόμοδος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Commodus
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Commodus (short beard) wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ϹΤΡ Μ ΑΙ ΓΛΥΚΩΝΙΑΝΟΥ ΠΕΡΓΑΜΗΝΩΝ Β ΝΕΟΚΟΡΩΝ
Edition ἐπὶ στρ(ατηγοῦ) Μ(άρκου) Αἰ(λίου) Γλυκωνιανοῦ Περγαμηνῶν βʹ νεοκόρων
Translation under the strategos Marcus Aelius Glykonianos, of the Pergamenes, twice neocorate
Reverse design Hygieia seated on rock, left, resting arm on rock, feeding serpent in tree from patera; at her feet, animal (dog?) seated, left
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 44 mm
Average weight 38.00 g
Axis 12
Reference Weisser 1210, Franke & Nollé 1582 corr., Kampmann 106, no. 35 corr.
Specimens 4 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ V: GR 16453 (Medaillon) von Fritze, Pergamon, p. 99, pl. IX.18 (rev.) = Franke & Nollé 1582, pl. 74 (rev.), under magistrate 'P. Ai. Pios' and 'alliance' with Ephesus = Kampmann 106, no. 35.1, pl. 3 (R34), under magistrate 'P. Ai. Pios' and 'alliance' with Ephesus = Weisser 1210, pl. 20, reverse legend probably tooled: [Π]ΕΡΓΑΜΗΝΩΝ ΚΑΙ ΕΦΕ[
2 2     Ex Gerhard Rohde
3 3     Verona: 72837 SNG 1458
4 4     Florence Williams, Florence (Mysia) no. 68, obverse with traces of tooling, reverse heavily tooled: ΕΠΙ ϹΤΡ [ ] ΚΟΙΝΟ[Ν] ΠΕΡΓΑΜΗΝΩΝ ΚΑΙ Ε[