RPC IV.2, 72 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 72 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Adramyteum
Region Mysia
City Pionia
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Marcus Aurelius (Augustus)
Issue Issue 2: without personal name
Dating c. 169–175 (or c.AD 166–180)
Obverse inscription ΑΥ ΚΑΙ Μ ΑΥ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝοc
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐ(ρήλιος) Ἀντωνεῖνος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
Obverse design bare-headed bust of Marcus Aurelius (long beard with long curls) wearing cuirass and paludamentum, left, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΠΕΙΟΝΕΙΤΩΝ
Edition Πειονειτῶν
Translation of the Pioneitai
Reverse design to left, emperor (Marcus Aurelius) standing, facing, head, right, wearing military dress, holding spear, sword and paludamentum; to right, Nike standing, left, crowning emperor, holding palm-branch
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 8.24 g
Axis 5, 6
Reference BMC 5
Specimens 3 (2 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: BMC 5 H.P. Borrel, NC 1843, 187, no. 1, misdescribing the obverse design and legend
2 2     B: 18283454, I-B
3 3     Weber 5426