Volume: IV.2 №: 2686 (temporary)

Reign: Antoninus Pius Persons: Marcus Aurelius (Caesar) Magistrate: Publius (strategos)

City: Metropolis  Region: Ionia Province: Asia (conventus of Ephesus)

Denomination: Æ (36 mm) Average weight: 23.83 g. Issue: Marcus Aurelius as Caesar (c. 139–146)

Obverse: ΑΥΡΗΛΙΟϹ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ; bare-headed bust of Marcus Aurelius (youthful - lightly bearded) wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right, seen from rear

Reverse: ΠΟΠΛΙΟϹ ϹΤΡΑΤΗ[ ] ΑΝΕΘΗ[ΚΕΝ] ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ; to left, Dioscuri standing, right, each holding spear; to right, Ares standing, left, holding spear