RPC IV.2, 645 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 645 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Pergamum
Region Mysia
City Germe
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Marcus Aurelius (Caesar)
Magistrate Monogram with {ΔΡΝΕ}
Dating c. 139–146
Obverse inscription ΑΥΓοΥϹ ΑΥΡΗΛΙοϹ Κ
Edition Αὐγούσ(του) Αὐρήλιος Κ(αῖσαρ)
Translation son of Augustus, Aurelius Caesar
Obverse design bare head of Marcus Aurelius (youthful - lightly bearded), right
Reverse inscription ΓΕΡΜΗΝΩΝ, ΔΡΝΕ (in r. field)
Edition Γερμηνῶν ΔΡΝΕ
Translation of the Germenians, DRNE
Reverse design nude Heracles standing, facing, head, left, resting arm on club, holding lion skin
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 20 mm
Average weight 5.11 g
Axis 5, 6
Reference Ehling 93–4, BMC Lydia 22 = BMC Mysia 18
Specimens 8 (4 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L BMC Lydia 22 (wrongly 'ΑVΤ Κ') = BMC Mysia 18 (wrongly 'ΑVΤ Κ')
3 3     vA 7224, obverse legend as 'ΑVΓΟVС'
4 4     Bern: Righetti 712, obverse legend as 'ΑVΤ Κ' and reverse monogram as 'B'
5 5     NY: 1944.100.42917
6 6     Istanbul: 8991, found at Balıkesir [Hadrianotherae] Ehling 93, 2, pl. 2
7 7     B: I-B
8 8     Istanbul: 9000, found at Balıkesir [Hadrianotherae]
9 9     B: 18262475, B-I F. Imhoof-Blumer, RSN 19 (1913), 47, no. 141