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| URI | https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/377 json ttl rdf xml epidoc |
| Volume | IV.2 |
| Number | 377 (temporary) |
| Province | Asia |
| Subprovince | Conventus of Pergamum |
| Region | Lesbus |
| City | Mytilene |
| Reign | Marcus Aurelius |
| Person (obv.) | Lucius Verus (Augustus) |
| Alliance with | Adramyteum |
| Issue | Marcus and Verus, co-emperors |
| Dating | c. 163–165 |
| Obverse inscription | ΑΥ ΚΑΙ Λ ΑΥΡΗ ΟΥΗΡΟϹ ΑΡΜΕ |
| Edition | Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Λ(εύκιος) Αὐρή(λιος) Οὐῆρος Ἀρμε(νικός) |
| Translation | Emperor Caesar Lucius Aurelius Verus Armenicus |
| Obverse design | bare-headed bust of Lucius Verus wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right, seen from front |
| Reverse inscription | ΜΥΤΙΛΗΝΑΙΩΝ ΚΑΙ ΑΔΡΑΜΥΤΗΝΩΝ ΟΜΟΝΟΙΑ (?) |
| Edition | Μυτιληναίων καὶ Ἀδραμυτηνῶν ὁμόνοια |
| Translation | concord between the Mytileneans and the Adramyteans |
| Reverse design | to left, turreted Tyche of Adramyteum standing, right, (holding long transverse sceptre); to right, turreted Tyche of Mytilene standing, left, holding Dionysiac herm; both clasping hands (over altar) |
| Metal | copper-based alloy |
| Average diameter | 35 mm |
| Average weight | 22.84 g |
| Axis | 6, 12 |
| Reference | Franke & Nollé 1302–9 corr., Stauber, p. 218, nos 155–7 and 159, H. von Aulock, JNG 19 (1969), 84, no. 1–4, Cop 427 |
| Specimens | 13 (7 in the core collections) |
Specimens of this coin type
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Cop: 427 | H. von Aulock, JNG 19 (1969), 84, no. 1, pl. 7.1 = Franke & Nollé 1302, pl. 61, authenticity doubtful: cast? |
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B: I-B, authenticity doubtful: cast? | |
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B: 1914/114, obverse legend mostly obscure | Franke & Nollé 1308, pl. 61 (rev.) |
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L: no number | H. von Aulock, JNG 19 (1969), 84, no. 2, pl. 7.2 |
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Mytilene Museum 283 = Archontidou-Argyri/Labarre 129, no. 38, pl. 20.38, worn | |
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P: 328 | |
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B: Löbb, obverse and reverse legends tooled: 'Α Κ ΛΟVΚ' ... and 'ΜVΤΙΛΗΝƐΩΝ' ... | |
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Mytilene Museum 285 = Archontidou-Argyri/Labarre 130, no. 46, pl. 21.46, worn | |
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Private coll. CGT, with altar between Tychai | |
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Mabbott 1246, illustrated, under 'Adramyteum' = MünzZentrum 51 (28/03/1984), 135 = Kölner Münzkabinett 106 (11/03/2017), 384; cited erroneously three times Franke & Nollé: (1) 1306 (without illustration), (2) 1307, pl. 61 (rev.), (3) Franke & Nollé 1309, pl. 62 (rev.), both sides with traces of tooling | |
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Baldwin's, May 1974 | |
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Private coll. CGT = N&N London Electronic Auction 5 (11/06/2022), 294 |
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