RPC IV, 8472


Image of specimen #1

Coin type
URI	https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/8472 json ttl rdf xml epidoc
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 the 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)

Number	Number	Obverse	Reverse	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	Note	More
1	1 ✸			NY: 1944.100.44590		35	21.88	6	Obv.: GIC 422 (lyre in a circle of dots (on obverse))	Show
2	2				MünzZentrum 135 (10/01/2007), 238	35	21.70			Show