RPC IV.2, 74 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 74 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Adramyteum
Region Mysia
City Pionia
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Marcus Aurelius (Augustus)
Magistrate Marcus Aurelius Rufus (strategos)
Issue Issue 1
Dating c. 169–175
Obverse inscription [ΑΥ ΚΑΙ Μ] ΑΥΡΗ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρή(λιος) Ἀντωνεῖνος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
Obverse design bare-headed bust of Marcus Aurelius (long beard with long curls) wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ϹΤΡΑ Μ ΑΥ ΡΟΥΦΟΥ ΠΕΙΟΝΕΙΤΩИ
Edition ἐπὶ στρα(τηγοῦ) Μ(άρκου) Αὐ(ρηλίου) Ῥούφου Πειονειτῶν
Translation under the strategos Marcus Aurelius Rufus, of the Pioneitai
Reverse design river-god reclining, left, resting on water-urn; in exergue, four dolphins
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Average weight 22.18 g
Axis 12
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1979-1-1-1659 vA 1563, weight incorrecly as '22.48g'