RPC IV, 384


Image of specimen #1

Coin type
URI	https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/384 json ttl rdf xml epidoc
Volume	IV.2
Number	384 (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 ϹΤΡΑ ΠοΜ ΤΡΥΦΩΝΙΑΝΟΥ ΜΥΤΙΛΗΝΑΙΩΝ
Edition	ἐπὶ στρα(τηγοῦ) Πομ(πηίου) Τρυφωνιανοῦ Μυτιληναίων
Translation	under the strategos Pompeius Tryphonianos of the Mytileneans
Reverse design	Asclepius seated, left, holding patera and serpent-staff
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average diameter	37 mm
Average weight	26.31 g
Axis	6
Reference	BMC 202
Specimens	2 (1 in the core collections)

Number	Number	Obverse	Reverse	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	Note	More
1	1 ✸			L: BMC 202, pl. XLI.4 (rev.)		37	26.31	6		Show
2	2				Mabbott 1453, illustrated	36			Obv.: GIC 422 (lyre in a circle of dots (on obverse))	Show