RPC IV.2, 75 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 75 (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 ΑΥΡ ΡΟΥΦΟΥ ΠΙΟΝΕΙΤΩΝ
Edition ἐπὶ στρα(τηγοῦ) Μ(άρκου) Αὐρ(ηλίου) Ῥούφου Πιονειτῶν
Translation under the strategos Marcus Aurelius Rufus of the Pionians
Reverse design Heracles standing, facing, head, left, resting arm on club, holding lion skin
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Average weight 20.31 g
Axis 6
Reference BMC 6
Specimens 2 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: BMC 6, pl. XIV.11 (rev.)
2 2     Mu SNG 301