RPC IV.2, 3260 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 3260 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Pergamum
Region Mysia
City Germe
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Marcus Aurelius (Augustus)
Magistrate Gaius Iulius Nikias (archon)
Issue Marcus and Verus, co-emperors
Dating c. 161–165
Obverse inscription ΑΥ ΚΑΙ Μ ΑΥΡΗ[ΛΙ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ?]
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρήλι(ος) Ἀντωνεῖνος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
Obverse design bare-headed bust of Marcus Aurelius (long beard with short curls) wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription [ΕΠΙ Γ Ι ΝΙΚΙΟΥ?] [ΑΡΧ]ΟΝΤΟϹ [ΓΕΡ]ΜΗΝ
Edition ἐπὶ Γ(αΐου) Ἰ(ουλίου) Νικίου ἄρχοντος Γερμην(ῶν)
Translation under Gaius Iulius Nikias archon, of the Germenians
Reverse design nude Apollo standing, right, crossing legs, placing hand on top of head, resting arm on decorated pillar surmounted by lyre
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Average weight 12.29 g
Axis 6
Reference Ehling —
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)

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