RPC IV.2, 381 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 381 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Pergamum
Region Lesbus
City Mytilene
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Alliance with Pergamum
Issue Issue 2
Dating 138–161
Obverse inscription ΑΥ ΚΑΙ ΤΙ ΑΙ ΑΔΡΙ ΑΝΤΩΝ[Ε?][ΙΝΟϹ]
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Τί(τος) Αἴ(λιος) Ἁδρι(ανὸς) Ἀντωνεῖνος
Translation Emperor Caesar Titus Aelius Hadrianus Antoninus
Obverse design laureate head of Antoninus Pius, right
Reverse inscription ΚοΙΝοΝ ΜΥΤΙΛΗΝΑΙΩΝ ΚΑΙ ΠΕΡΓΑΜΗΝΩΝ
Edition κοινὸν Μυτιληναίων καὶ Περγαμηνῶν
Translation koinon of the Mytileneans and Pergamenes
Reverse design to left, Artemis standing, right, having quiver at shoulder, holding long torch; to right, Asclepius standing, facing, head, left; both clasping hands; between them, stag and erect serpent
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 32 mm
Average weight 19.67 g
Axis 6
Reference Franke & Nollé 1312–13, Kampmann 114, no. 81, H. von Aulock, JNG 19 (1969), 85, no. 9
Specimens 4 (4 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 310 Wa 1396 = H. von Aulock, JNG 19 (1969), 85, no. 9, pl. 7.5 = von Fritze, Pergamon, pp. 99, pl. IX.15 (rev.) = Franke & Nollé 1312, pl. 62 (rev.)
2 2     Mu: 170, under 'Pergamum'
3 3     V: GR 16443, under 'Pergamum' H. von Fritze, Die antiken Münzen von Pergamon (Berlin, 1910), pl. IX.15 = Kampmann 114, no. 81.2, pl. 6 (V42, R71)
4 4     B: v. Knobelsdorff, both legends mostly worn