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Image of specimen #2 |
URI | https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/643 json ttl rdf xml epidoc |
Volume | IV.2 |
Number | 643 (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 ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ |
Edition | Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρήλι(ος) Ἀντωνεῖνος |
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 ΓΕΡΜΗ |
Edition | ἐπὶ Γ(αΐου) Ἰ(ουλίου) Νικίου ἄρχοντος Γερμη(νῶν) |
Translation | under Gaius Iulius Nikias archon, of the Germenians |
Reverse design | Dionysus (youthful) standing, left, holding cantharus over panther and long thyrsus |
Metal | copper-based alloy |
Average diameter | 28 mm |
Average weight | 13.10 g |
Axis | 6 |
Reference | Ehling 108, LS 69, no. 4 |
Specimens | 3 (2 in the core collections) |