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Image of specimen #3 |
URI | https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/2635 json ttl rdf xml epidoc |
Volume | IV.2 |
Number | 2635 (temporary) |
Province | Asia |
Subprovince | Conventus of Pergamum |
Region | Lesbus |
City | Koinon of Lesbos |
Reign | Marcus Aurelius |
Person (obv.) | Marcus Aurelius (Augustus) |
Magistrate | —grinos (strategos) |
Issue | Marcus and Verus, co-emperors |
Dating | c. 166–169 |
Obverse inscription | ΑΥ ΚΑΙ Μ ΑΥΡΗΛΙΟ ΑΝ[ΤΩΝΙ]ΝΟ ΠΑΡ |
Edition | Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρήλιο(ς) Ἀντωνῖνο(ς) Παρ(θικός) |
Translation | Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Parthicus |
Obverse design | laureate-headed bust of Marcus Aurelius (long beard with long curls) wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right, seen from centre |
Reverse inscription | ΕΠΙ ϹΤΡΑ [ ] ΚοΙ ΛΕϹΝΩΝ(sic) |
Edition | ἐπὶ στρα(τηγοῦ) [---] κοι(νὸν) Λεσ{ν}<βί>ων |
Translation | under strategos [---], koinon of the Lesbians |
Reverse design | to left, Demeter standing, right, holding long torch; in centre, emperor standing, left, raising arm, holding spear; to right, youthful Dionysus standing, left, holding cantharus and long thyrsus |
Metal | copper-based alloy |
Average diameter | 36 mm |
Average weight | 24.60 g |
Axis | 6 |
Reference | BMC 2 |
Specimens | 3 (3 in the core collections) |