RPC IV.2, 915 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 915 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Alabanda
Region Caria
City Mylasa
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Marcus Aurelius (Augustus) ; Lucius Verus (Augustus)
Issue Marcus and Verus, co-emperors
Dating c. 161–169
Obverse inscription Α Κ Μ Α ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ Α Κ Λ ΑΙ ΒΗΡΟϹ ϹΕ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Ἀντωνεῖνος Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Λούκιος Αὐρήλιος Βῆρος Σεβαστοί Α(ὐτοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Α(ὐρήλιος) Ἀντωνεῖνος Α(ὐτοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Λ(ούκιος) Αὐ(ρήλιος) Βῆρος Σε(βαστοί)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus, Emperor Caesar Lucius Aurelius Verus, Augusti
Obverse design laureate-headed busts of Lucius Verus (on left) and Marcus Aurelius (on right, long beard), facing each other, both wearing cuirass and paludamentum
Reverse inscription ΜΥΛΑϹΕΩΝ
Edition Μυλασέων Μυλασέων
Translation of the Mylasians
Reverse design to left, Zeus (Osogōllis) standing, facing, head, right, holding trident and eagle; trident resting on crab; to right, Zeus (Labraundos) standing, facing, holding double axe and long spear in extended hands; having supports
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 36 mm
Average weight 30.91 g
Axis 6, 7
Reference Akarca 68 corr., Delrieux, Mylasa temp. MYL/37, Delrieux 2012, 512, no. 4
Specimens 4 (3 in the core collections)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     Mu: 17 SNG 364
2 2     V: GR 32938 Akarca 68, pl. VIII
3 3     ✸ L: 1979-1-1-1888 vA 8115
5 5     Dmitry Markov Mail Bid Auction 9 (14/12/2000), 95 = Stack's - Vermeule, Ward, and Mexico Maxico Collections 11/01/2010, 272 (weight as 28.67 g) = A. Arslan, Mylasa’da yerel tanrılar ve kutsal alanlar / Local Gods and Sanctuaries in Mylasa (thesis, Aydın Adnan Menderes University, 2018), 156, photograph 113 = Delrieux 2012, 512, no. 4, pl. I