RPC IV.2, 8472 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 8472 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Pergamum
Region Lesbus
City Mytilene
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Marcus Aurelius (Augustus)
Magistrate Pom(peius) Tryphonianos (strategos)
Issue Marcus and Verus, co-emperors
Dating c. 161–163, perhaps AD 163
Obverse inscription [ΑΥ ΚΑΙ Μ] ΑΥΡΗΛΙ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟc
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρήλι(ος) Ἀντωνεῖνος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Marcus Aurelius (long beard with short curls) wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right, seen from centre
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ Ϲ[ΤΡΑ] ΠΟΜ ΤΡΥΦΩΝΙΑ[ΝΟΥ] ΜΥΤΙΛΗΝΑΙΩΝ
Edition ἐπὶ στρα(τηγοῦ) Πομ(πηίου) Τρυφωνιανοῦ Μυτιληναίων
Translation under strategos Pompeius Tryphonianos of the Mytileneans
Reverse design turreted Tyche seated, left, holding Dionysiac herm and cornucopia
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 35 mm
Average weight 21.79 g
Axis 6
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ NY: 1944.100.44590
2 2     MünzZentrum 135 (10/01/2007), 238