RPC IV.2, 381 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 381 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Pergamum
Region Lesbus
City Mytilene
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Alliance with Pergamum
Issue Issue 2
Dating 138–161
Obverse inscription ΑΥ ΚΑΙ ΤΙ ΑΙ ΑΔΡΙ ΑΝΤΩΝ[Ε?][ΙΝΟϹ]
Obverse design laureate head of Antoninus Pius, right
Reverse inscription ΚοΙΝοΝ ΜΥΤΙΛΗΝΑΙΩΝ ΚΑΙ ΠΕΡΓΑΜΗΝΩΝ
Reverse design to left, Artemis standing, right, having quiver at shoulder, holding long torch; to right, Asclepius standing, facing, head, left; both clasping hands; between them, stag and erect serpent
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 32 mm
Axis 6
Reference Franke & Nollé 1312–13, Kampmann 114, no. 81, H. von Aulock, JNG 19 (1969), 85, no. 9
Specimens 4 (4 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 310 Wa 1396 = H. von Aulock, JNG 19 (1969), 85, no. 9, pl. 7.5 = von Fritze, Pergamon, pp. 99, pl. IX.15 (rev.) = Franke & Nollé 1312, pl. 62 (rev.)
2 2     Mu: 170, under 'Pergamum'
3 3     V: GR 16443, under 'Pergamum' H. von Fritze, Die antiken Münzen von Pergamon (Berlin, 1910), pl. IX.15 = Kampmann 114, no. 81.2, pl. 6 (V42, R71)
4 4     B: v. Knobelsdorff, both legends mostly worn