RPC IV.2, 8470 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 8470 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Pergamum
Region Aeolis
City Elaea
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Marcus Aurelius (Augustus)
Magistrate Publius Salonius II (strategos)
Dating c. 169–175
Obverse inscription ΑΥ Κ Μ ΑΥΡΗΛΙΟϹ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρήλιος Ἀντωνῖνος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Marcus Aurelius (long beard with long curls) wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription [ΕΠΙ ϹΤΡ Π ϹΑΛΩΝΙΟΥ?] ΝΕΟΥ ΚΑΙΚΟϹ ΚΗΤΕΙΟϹ ΕΛΑΙΤΩΝ
Edition ἐπὶ στρ(ατηγοῦ) Π(ουπλίου) Σαλωνίου νέου Κάικος Κητεῖος Ἐλαιτῶν
Translation under the strategos Publius Salonius II, Kaikos, Keteios, of the Elaeans
Reverse design Demeter standing, left, on base with floral pattern, holding torch and ears of corn; between two river-gods Kaikos (l.) and Keteios (r.) reclining, facing each other, each with branch and cornucopia, resting on water-urn; below, poppies and ears of corn
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Average weight 20.05 g
Axis 6
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ NY: 1973.191.13