RPC IV.2, 428 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 428 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Pergamum
Region Aeolis
City Elaea
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Marcus Aurelius (Augustus)
Magistrate Publius Salonius II (strategos)
Dating c. 169–175
Obverse inscription ΑΥ Κ Μ ΑΥΡ[ΗΛΙ]ΟϹ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Ἀντωνῖνος Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρήλιος Ἀντωνῖνος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Marcus Aurelius (long beard with long curls) wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ϹΤΡΑ Π ϹΑ[ΛΩΝΙΟΥ] ΝΕΟΥ ΕΛΑΙΤΩΝ
Edition ἐπὶ στρατηγοῦ Πόπλιου Σαλωνίου Νέου Ἐλαιτῶν ἐπὶ στρα(τηγοῦ) Π(όπλιου) Σαλωνίου Νέου Ἐλαιτῶν
Translation under strategos Publius Salonius the Young, of the Elaeans
Reverse design in centre, four bearded fishermen open lid of cista out of which Auge steps; to left, prow; to right, rudder
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 35 mm
Axis 12
Reference MG 274, no. 236 corr.
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ V: GR 16851 MG 274, no. 236, misreading name of 'magistrate' as 'ΠΕΛΛΩΝΙΟV'