RPC IV.2, 399 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 399 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Adramyteum
Region Lesbus
City Methymna
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Marcus Aurelius (Augustus) ; Lucius Verus (Augustus)
Magistrate Gaius (strategos)
Issue Marcus and Verus, co-emperors
Dating c. 161–162
Obverse inscription ΑΥ ΚΑΙ ΑΝΤΩΝ ΒΗΡ
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτορες) Καί(σαρες) Ἀντων(ῖνος) Βῆρ(ος)
Translation Emperors Caesars Antoninus (et) Verus
Obverse design to left, laureate-headed bust of Marcus Aurelius (medium length beard) wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right; to right, laureate-headed bust of Lucius Verus wearing cuirass and paludamentum, left
Reverse inscription [ϹΤΡΑ ΓΑΙΟΥ?] ΜΑΘΥΜΝ
Edition στρα(τηγοῦ) Γαΐου Μαθυμν(αίων)
Translation of the strategos Gaius, of the Methymnaeans
Reverse design Dionysus seated, left, on panther standing, right, Dionysus' head, right, holding cantharus and long thyrsus
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 9.05 g
Axis 12
Reference Franke, Methymna II.11, MG 279, no. 250
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)
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Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ B: I-B MG 279, no. 250 = M. Bernhart, JNG 1 (1949), 112, no. 833, pl. V.4 (rev.) = Franke, Methymna II.11, pl. 13.50