RPC IV.2, 642 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 642 (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 ΑΥΡΗΛΙ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝ
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρήλι(ος) Ἀντωνεῖν(ος)
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 ΑΡΧΟΝΤΟϹ ΓΕΡΜΗΝ
Edition ἐπὶ Γ(αΐου) Ἰ(ουλίου) Νικίου ἄρχοντος Γερμην(ῶν)
Translation under Gaius Iulius Nikias archon, of the Germenians
Reverse design nude Heracles (bearded) seated on rock, left, holding uncertain object (cup or cista mystica?), resting left hand on rock
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 35 mm
Average weight 28.51 g
Axis 6
Reference Ehling 107, GM 771, no. 814(2)
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 334 SNG 973, illustrated wrongly as '975' = GM 771, no. 814 (2)
2 2     Wendt-Numismatica 17 (22/06/1977), coll. Hollschek, 311, pl. 11, emperor as 'Lucius Verus' = Savoca Numismatik Silver Auction 32 (14/04/2019), 259, emperor as 'Lucius Verus', obverse tooled to fit Verus: '] [Κ]ΑΙ Λ ΑVΡΗΛΙΟ[Ϲ] ΟVΗΟΡϹ'