RPC IV.2, 8330 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 8330 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Pergamum
Region Lesbus
City Mytilene
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Commodus (Augustus)
Magistrate Marcus Aurelius Proteas (strategos)
Issue Issue 2
Dating c. 177–179
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤΟΚΡΑΤΩΡ Κ Λ ΑΥ ΚΟΜΟΔΟϹ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Κ(αῖσαρ) Λ(ούκιος) Αὐ(ρήλιος) Κόμοδος
Translation Emperor Caesar Lucius Aurelius Commodus
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Commodus (youthful) wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right, seen from centre
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ [ϹΤ]ΡΑ Μ ΑΥ[ΡΗ?] ΠΡΩΤΕΟΥ ΜΙΤΥΛΗΝΑΙΩΝ(sic)
Edition ἐπὶ στρα(τηγοῦ) Μ(άρκου) Αὐρη(λίου) Πρωτέου Μιτυληναίων
Translation under the strategos Marcus Aurelius Proteas, of the Mytileneans
Reverse design Asclepius seated, left, feeding serpent from patera, holding staff
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 43 mm
Average weight 46.47 g
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)
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Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Peus 366 (29/10/2000), coll. Marcel Burstein, 607, pl. 30